Shkodër County
Vau i Dejës
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Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station

The Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric dam on the Drin River, in , near the settlement of . Completed in 1973, the project consists of five turbines of origin, each with a nominal capacity of 52 MW, totaling the installed capacity to 260 MW.
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  • Type: Industrial building
  • Description: hydroelectric power station in Albania
  • Also known as: “Vau i Dejes Hydroelectric Power Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mother Teresa Cathedral and Vau i Dejës Castle.

Church
Photo: Pasztilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 800 metres southeast of Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station.

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Dagnum was a town, bishopric and important medieval fortress located on the territory of present-day , which has been under , Serbian, Venetian and Ottoman control and remains a Latin Catholic titular see. is situated 1 km west of Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station.

Church
St Mary's Church is a Catholic church in , , Albania. It was built in the 12th century and destroyed in 1969. The building was listed as a culture monument of . is situated 1¼ km west of Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sheldi and Ganjollë.

Village
is a settlement in the former Gur i Zi municipality, , northern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . is situated 3½ km northwest of Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station.

Village
is a settlement in the former municipality, , northern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . is situated 3½ km west of Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station.

Village
is a settlement in the former municipality, , northern . At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality . is situated 5 km west of Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station.

Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station

Latitude
42.01364° or 42° 0′ 49″ north
Longitude
19.63593° or 19° 38′ 9″ east
Elevation
27 metres (89 feet)
Open location code
8FJX2J7P+F9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 433413661
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
7932401
Wiki­data ID
Q1143176
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Hidrocentrali i Vaut të Dejës”
  • Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Vau i Dejës”
  • Czech: “Vodní elektrárna Vau i Dejës”
  • French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Vau i Dejës”
  • French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Vau i Dejës”
  • German: “Wasserkraftwerk Vau i Deja”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qyrsaq-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vau i Dejes vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vau i Dejës vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vau i Dejes-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vau i Dejës-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vau-i-Dejës-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Vau i Dejës-demningen”
  • Russian: “ГЭС Вау-и-Дейес”
  • Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica de Vau i Dejës”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Вау-і-Дежес”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vau i Dejës Hydroelectric Power Station”. Photo: Albinfo, Public domain.