Lomaum Dam
Lomaum Dam is a privately owned hydroelectric dam on the Catumbela River in the Benguela province of central Angola. Completed in 1965, it initially produced 20 megawatts of power, supplying electricity to the towns of Lobito, Benguela and Huambo.- Dam
- …lies at an elevation of around 790 metres (2,590 feet)
- …is also known as “Lomaum Hydroelectric Power Station”
- Description: hydroelectric power station in Benguela Province, Angola
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location
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Latitude
-12.71667° or 12° 43′ south
Longitude
14.38333° or 14° 23′ east
Open location code
5FVP79MM+88
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Lomaum Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lomaum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد لوموم”
- French: “Barrage de Lomaum”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Lomaum”
- Fulah: “Baraas Lomaum”
- Hausa: “Madatsar ruwan Lomaum”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Lomaum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lamaun vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Lamaun vannkraftverk”
- Portuguese: “Central Hidroelétrica de Lomaum”
- Portuguese: “Lomaum”
- Russian: “ГЭС Ломаум”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Lomaum”
- Swedish: “Lomaum”
- Tswana: “Letamo la Lomaum”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ломаум”
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