Bongolo Dam

Bongolo Dam, is located on the Komani River, near Queenstown, Eastern Cape, . The dam has a capacity of 7,015,000 cubic metres. The Bongolo Dam, about 5 kilometres from town on the Dordrecht road, is one of Queenstown's main sources of water, its main purpose is for industrial and municipal usage.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: dam in South Africa
  • Also known as: Bonkolo Dam

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Queenstown and Ezibeleni.

, officially Komani, is a town in the middle of the Eastern Cape Province of , roughly halfway between the smaller towns of Cathcart and on the N6 national route.

Suburb
is a township in the Eastern Cape Province of . It was established in the 1960s and officially recognised in 1974, when black South Africans were not allowed to live, but only to work, in the white-dominated Queenstown. is situated 6 km southeast of Bongolo Dam.

Bongolo Dam

Latitude
-31.8701° or 31° 52′ 12″ south
Longitude
26.9191° or 26° 55′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,140 metres (3,740 feet)
Open location code
4GW84WH9+XJ
Geo­Names ID
1017642
Wiki­data ID
Q3134137
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Spanish—“Bongolo Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Bongolodam
  • Cebuano: Bonkolo Dam
  • Hausa: Dam din Bongolo (Afirka ta Kudu)
  • Hausa: Dam din Bongolo
  • Italian: diga di Bongolo
  • Persian: سد بونگولو (افریقای جنوبی)
  • Persian: سد بونگولو
  • Spanish: Embalse de Bongolo

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Localities in the Area

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