Buyo Dam

The Buyo Dam is an embankment dam on the Sassandra River in the 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.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Ivory Coast
  • Also known as: Barrage de Buyo

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buyo.

Quarter
is a town in south-western . It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of in , . is also a commune. is situated 6 km northeast of Buyo Dam.

Buyo Dam

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
Geo­Names ID
2290647
Wiki­data ID
Q3444380
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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
  • Japanese: ブヨダム
  • Lithuanian: Bujo hidroelektrinė
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Buyo vannkraftverk
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Buyodemningen
  • Norwegian: Buyodemningen
  • Persian: سد بویو
  • Swedish: Barrage de Buyo
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Буйо

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