Hassan I Dam
The Hassan I Dam is an embankment dam located 19 kilometres northeast of Demnate on the Lakhdar River in Azilal Province, Morocco. Completed in 1986, the dam provides water for the irrigation of over 40,000 hectares of farmland.Photo: Ghenbou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam
- Also known as: “Hassan I”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ouaoula and Sidi Boulkhalf.
Ouaoula
Village
Ouaoula is a small town and rural commune in Azilal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 22,022 people living in 3,040 households. Ouaoula is situated 9 km northeast of Hassan I Dam.
Sidi Boulkhalf
Hamlet
Photo: Lhoussine AIT TAYFST, CC0.
Sidi Boulkhalf is a small town and rural commune in Azilal Province of the Tadla-Azilal region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 13,149 people living in 1,733 households. Sidi Boulkhalf is situated 10 km south of Hassan I Dam.
Hassan I Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Azilal Province, Béni Mellal-Khénifra, Morocco, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31.81435° or 31° 48′ 52″ northLongitude
-6.8242° or 6° 49′ 27″ westElevation
952 metres (3,123 feet)Open location code
8C3MR57G+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 401967077OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hassan I Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد الحسن الأول”
- Cebuano: “Hassan I Dam”
- Dutch: “Moulay Hassan I-dam”
- French: “Barrage Hassan I”
- French: “barrage Hassan Ier”
- French: “Barrage Hassan Ier”
- German: “Moulay Hassan I”
- German: “Staudamm Hassan I”
- German: “Staudamm Moulay Hassan I”
- German: “Stausee Hassan I.”
- Persian: “سد حسن یکم”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Hassan I”
- Swedish: “Hassan I-dammen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Хассана I”
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