Central Asia
Afghanistan
Maidan Wardak Province

Sultan Dam

The Sultan Mahmud Dam or Band-e Sultan is a dam located on the Ghazni River in the of in . As of April 2013, the dam is just used for irrigating 15,000 hectares of land.
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  • Type: Reservoir
  • Description: dam in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Band-e Ghazni”, “Band-e Ghaznī”, “Band-e Seraj”, “Band-e Serāj”, “Band-e Soltan”, “Band-e Solţān”, “Band-e Sultan”, “Band-e Sulţān”, “Band-e Sutlan”, “Banḏ-e Suţlān”, “Band-i-Siraj”, “Bande Sultan”, “Banḏe Sulṯān”, “Ghazni Dam”, “Seraj Dam”, “Sultan”, and “Vodokhranilishche Bandu-Sultan”

Sultan Dam

Latitude
33.76479° or 33° 45′ 53″ north
Longitude
68.3783° or 68° 22′ 42″ east
Elevation
2,377 metres (7,799 feet)
Open location code
8J5CQ97H+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 795278603
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­reservoir
Geo­Names ID
1124245
Wiki­data ID
Q15040920
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Sultan Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد السلطان”
  • Czech: “Band-e Sultán”
  • German: “Band-e-Sultan-Talsperre”
  • Persian: “بند سلطان”
  • Russian: “Водохранилище Султан”

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