Yemen
Marib Governorate
Marib City

Marib Dam

The Marib Dam is a dam blocking Adhanah in the Balaq Hills, located in the Ma'rib Governorate in . The current dam was built in the 1980s and is close to the ruins of the ancient dam, first built in the 8th century BC.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Yemen
  • Also known as: “Ma’rib Dam” and “Sadd Ma’rib”

Marib Dam

Latitude
15.39677° or 15° 23′ 48″ north
Longitude
45.24402° or 45° 14′ 39″ east
Elevation
1,146 metres (3,760 feet)
Open location code
7H7796WV+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107601965
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
7475260
Wiki­data ID
Q2303666
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Satellite Map

Discover Marib Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Marib Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد العرم”
  • Arabic: “سد سبأ”
  • Arabic: “سد مأرب”
  • Arabic: “سد مارب”
  • Arabic: “سيل العرم”
  • Bengali: “মারিব বাঁধ”
  • Catalan: “Presa de Marib”
  • Cebuano: “Sadd Ma’rib”
  • Chinese: “馬裏卜水壩”
  • Chinese: “馬里卜水壩”
  • Chinese: “马里卜大坝”
  • Croatian: “Brana Marib”
  • Czech: “Maribská přehrada”
  • Dutch: “Marib Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد مارب”
  • Esperanto: “Marib-akvobaraĵo”
  • Esperanto: “Marib-digo”
  • French: “barrage moderne de Marib”
  • French: “Barrage moderne de Marib”
  • French: “Digue de Marib”
  • German: “Neuer Staudamm von Marib”
  • Greek: “φράγμα Μαρίμπ”
  • Hebrew: “סכר מאריב”
  • Indonesian: “bendungan Ma’rib”
  • Indonesian: “bendungan Marib”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Marib”
  • Italian: “diga di Ma’rib”
  • Japanese: “マアリブ・ダム”
  • Japanese: “マリブダム”
  • Persian: “سد مأرب”
  • Persian: “سد مارب”
  • Polish: “Tama Maribu”
  • Russian: “Марибская плотина”
  • Serbian: “Брана Мариб”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brana Marib”
  • Slovenian: “Maribski jez”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Ma’rib”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Marib”
  • Turkish: “Marib Barajı”
  • Urdu: “سد مارب”
  • Urdu: “مآرب کا بند”
  • Western Panjabi: “سد مارب”

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