Buyo Dam
The Buyo Dam is an embankment dam on the Sassandra River in the Bas-Sassandra district of Côte d'Ivoire. Completed in 1980, it has a hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 165 megawatts, enough to power over 111,000 homes.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Ivory Coast
- Also known as: “Buyo vannkraftverk”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buyo.
Buyo
Quarter
Buyo is a town in south-western Ivory Coast. Buyo is situated 6 km northeast of Buyo Dam.
Buyo Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Bas-Sassandra District, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.24246° or 6° 14′ 33″ north
Longitude
-7.04501° or 7° 2′ 42″ west
Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)
Open location code
6CRJ6XR3+XX
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Buyo Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barrage de Buyo”
- French: “barrage de Buyo”
- French: “Barrage de Buyo”
- Hausa: “Ruwan ruwa na Buyo”
- Japanese: “ブヨダム”
- Lithuanian: “Bujo hidroelektrinė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buyodemningen”
- Norwegian: “Buyodemningen”
- Persian: “سد بویو”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Buyo”
- Swedish: “Barrage de Buyo”
- Tswana: “Letamo la Buyo”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Буйо”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Buyo and Zakué.
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Places to explore: Bola and Zakué.
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