Bin el Ouidane Dam

The Bin el Ouidane Dam is an arch dam located 28 kilometres south of on the El-Abid River in , . Designed by Coyne et Bellier and constructed between 1949 and 1953, the purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and irrigation.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: building in Morocco
  • Also known as: “Bain el Uidan”, “Barrage bin el ouidane”, “Barrage Bin El Ouidane”, “Barrage Bine El Ouidane”, “Barrage de Bin el Ouidane”, “Barragem Bin el Ouidane”, “Bin el Ouidan”, “Bin el Ouidane”, “Bin-el-Ouidane”, and “Embalse de Bin El Ouidane”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bin El Ouidane and Ait Ouaarda.

Village
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is a small town and rural commune in , , . is situated 2½ km southeast of Bin el Ouidane Dam.

Village
is a small town and rural commune… is situated 6 km west of Bin el Ouidane Dam.

Bin el Ouidane Dam

Latitude
32.13° or 32° 7′ 48″ north
Longitude
-6.46° or 6° 27′ 36″ west
Elevation
1,443 metres (4,734 feet)
Open location code
8C4M4GHQ+XX
Geo­Names ID
2555365
Wiki­data ID
Q2884936
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Bin el Ouidane Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد بين الويدان”
  • Catalan: “presa de Bin el Ouidane”
  • Catalan: “Presa de Bin el Ouidane”
  • Cebuano: “Bine el Ouidane”
  • French: “barrage Bin el Ouidane”
  • French: “Barrage Bin el Ouidane”
  • Fulah: “Baraas Bin el Ouidaan”
  • German: “Staudamm Bin El Ouidane”
  • German: “Stausee Bin El Ouidane”
  • Hausa: “Dam din Bin el Ouidane”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “باراج بين لويدان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bine El Ouidane-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Bine El Ouidane-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد بن العویدان”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Bin el Ouidane”
  • Spanish: “embalse de Bin El Ouidane”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Bin el Ouidane”
  • Swahili: “Bwawa la Bin el Ouidane”
  • Swedish: “Bine el Ouidane”
  • Tswana: “Letamo la Bin el Ouidane”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Bin El Ouidane”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Бін-ель-Відан”

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