Omatako Dam
Omatako Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam about 100 kilometres north of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa Region of Namibia. It is named after the Omatako Mountains, and it dams the ephemeral Omatako River, with Omatako meaning "butt" in Oshiwambo, the name referring to the shape of the Omatako Mountains.Omatako Dam
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in Namibia
- Categories: dam and body of water
- Location: Otjozondjupa, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-21.17644° or 21° 10′ 35″ south
Longitude
17.14636° or 17° 8′ 47″ east
Elevation
1,346 metres (4,416 feet)
Open location code
5FCVR4FW+CG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tswana—“Omatako Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Omatako Dam”
- German: “Omatako-Damm”
- Hausa: “Dam din Omatako”
- Italian: “diga di Omatako”
- Persian: “سد اوماتاکو”
- Spanish: “Presa de Omatako”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Omatako”
- Tswana: “Letamo la Omatako”
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