Merowe Dam

The Merowe Dam, also known as Merowe High Dam, Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project or Hamdab Dam, is a large dam near in northern , about 350 kilometres north of the capital .
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Sudan
  • Also known as: “Hamdab Dam”, “Hamdab High Dam”, “Merowe High Dam”, and “Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project”

Merowe Dam

Latitude
18.67096° or 18° 40′ 15″ north
Longitude
32.04982° or 32° 2′ 59″ east
Elevation
258 metres (846 feet)
Open location code
7GCJM2CX+9W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 275959930
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
8051144
Wiki­data ID
Q1921988
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Merowe Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد مروي”
  • Basque: “Meroweko urtegia”
  • Cebuano: “Merowe Dam”
  • Chinese: “麦洛维大坝”
  • Chinese: “麦罗维大坝”
  • Dutch: “Merowe Dam”
  • French: “barrage de Méroé”
  • French: “Barrage de Méroé”
  • French: “Barrage de merowe”
  • French: “Barrage de Merowe”
  • German: “Hamadab-Damm”
  • German: “Hamadab-Merowe-Damm”
  • German: “Hamdab Staudamm”
  • German: “Merowe-Damm”
  • German: “Merowe-Hamadab-Damm”
  • German: “Merowe-Staudamm”
  • German: “Merowe-Talsperre”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Hamdab Dam”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Merowe Dam”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Merowe High Dam”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Merowe Multi-Purpose Hydro Project”
  • Hausa: “Madatsar ruwan Merowe”
  • Hebrew: “סכר מרווה”
  • Italian: “diga di Merowe”
  • Italian: “Diga di Merowe”
  • Japanese: “メロウェダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamdab-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merowe-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Merowedemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Merowedemningen”
  • Persian: “سد مروت”
  • Polish: “Zapora Merowe”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Merowe”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Мерове”

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