Kainji Dam

Kainji Dam is a dam across the in of Central . Construction of the dam by Impregilo began in 1964 and was completed in 1968.
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 139 metres (456 feet)
  • …is also known as “Niger Dam”
  • Description: dam in Kainji, Niger State, Nigeria
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Kainji Dam

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Latitude
9.86085° or 9° 51′ 39″ north
Longitude
4.60606° or 4° 36′ 22″ east
Open location code
6FX6VJ64+8C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 481361068
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
2335567
Wiki­data ID
Q15043618

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yoruba—“Kainji Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد كاينجي”
  • Central Kanuri: “Kainji dam”
  • Croatian: “Kainji”
  • Dutch: “Kainji-dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد كينجى”
  • French: “barrage de Kainji”
  • French: “Barrage Kainji”
  • German: “Kainji-Damm”
  • German: “Kainji-Staudamm”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kainji Dam”
  • Hausa: “Madatsar ruwa ta Kainji”
  • Igala: “Kainji Dam”
  • Igbo: “Kainji Dam”
  • Italian: “diga di Kainji”
  • Japanese: “カインジ・ダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kainji-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Kainji-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد کانیجی”
  • Slovak: “Kainji Dam”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Kainji”
  • Tswana: “Letamo la Kainji”
  • Twi: “Kainji Dam”
  • Twi: “Kainji Nkwa Nsuo”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Каїнджі”
  • Yoruba: “Kanji dam”

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