Nam Ngum Dam

The Nam Ngum Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Nam Ngum River, a major tributary of the Mekong River in . It was the first hydropower dam built in the Lao PDR.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Laos
  • Also known as: “Nam Ngun Dam”, “ເຂື່ອນນ້ຳງື່ມ 1”, and “ナムグム人造湖”

Nam Ngum Dam

Latitude
18.53027° or 18° 31′ 49″ north
Longitude
102.54796° or 102° 32′ 53″ east
Elevation
208 metres (682 feet)
Open location code
7PC4GGJX+45
Open­Street­Map ID
way 50438125
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
1654911
Wiki­data ID
Q6132621
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Nam Ngum Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Nam Ngum Dam”
  • Chinese: “南俄大壩”
  • Chinese: “南娥水壩”
  • Chinese: “塔什干日本滯留者墓地”
  • Chinese: “塔什幹日本滯留者墓地”
  • Dutch: “Ang Nam Ngum”
  • Dutch: “dam von Ang Nam Ngum”
  • German: “Nam-Ngum-Talsperre”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Nam Ngum”
  • Italian: “diga di Nam Ngum”
  • Japanese: “ナムグムダム”
  • Khmer: “ទំនប់ទឹក ណាំង៉ុម”
  • Korean: “남응음 댐”
  • Persian: “سد نام ناگم”
  • Swedish: “Nam Ngum Dam”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Нам-Нгум 1”
  • Vietnamese: “Thủy điện Nam Ngum”

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