Mursal Dam
Mursal Dam is an irrigation and industrial water dam in Sivas, Turkey. The development was backed by the Turkish State Hydraulic Works. The dam was initiated in 1986 and completed in 1992.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “Mursal Baraji”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ürük and Uluçayır.
Ürük
Village
Ürük is a village in the Divriği District of Sivas Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 65 in 2023. Ürük is situated 5 km north of Mursal Dam.
Uluçayır
Village
Uluçayır is a village in the Divriği District of Sivas Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Şadiyan tribe and had a population of 30 in 2023. Uluçayır is situated 7 km north of Mursal Dam.
Gökçebel
Village
Gökçebel is a village in the Divriği District of Sivas Province in Turkey. It is populated by Kurds of the Sinemilli tribe and had a population of 33 in 2023. Gökçebel is situated 8 km north of Mursal Dam.
Mursal Dam
- Category: building
- Location: Divriği, Sivas Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
39.14418° or 39° 8′ 39″ northLongitude
37.98101° or 37° 58′ 52″ eastElevation
1,723 metres (5,653 feet)Open location code
8GFV4XVJ+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 221426533OpenStreetMap feature
building=damOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
446266Wikidata ID
Q1090491
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Mursal Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mursal Barajı”
- Dutch: “Mursal Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد مرسال”
- French: “barrage de Mursal”
- French: “Barrage de Mursal”
- German: “Mursal-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di Mursal”
- Italian: “Diga di Mursal”
- Turkish: “Divriği Mursal Barajı”
- Turkish: “Mursal Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
- Turkish: “Mursal Barajı”
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