Mingachevir Dam

The Mingachevir Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Kura River just north of in . It serves several purposes, including hydroelectric power production and water storage for irrigation.
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  • Type: Power station
  • Description: dam in Azerbaijan
  • Also known as: “Mingechevir Dam”, “Mingechevir Hydro Power Plant”, and “Mingəçevir Su Elektrik Stansiyası”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Azerbaijan Thermal Power Plant and Mingachevir Kur Rowing Olympic Center.

Power station
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is an oil-fired power plant consisting of 8 units, each with 300 MW generation capacity, at , in central . is situated 3½ km west of Mingachevir Dam.

Sports venue
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is a sports venue, which is situated 3 km south of Mingachevir Dam.

Mingachevir Dam

Latitude
40.78859° or 40° 47′ 19″ north
Longitude
47.02686° or 47° 1′ 37″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Operator
Azerenerji
Open location code
8HG9Q2QG+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 277638763
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
8335448
Wiki­data ID
Q2505221
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Uzbek—“Mingachevir Dam” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մինգեչաուրի հիդրոէլեկտրակայան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mingəçevir SES”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mingəçevir su-elektrik stansiyası”
  • Belarusian: “Мінгечавірская ГЭС”
  • Belarusian: “Мінгечаурская ГЭС”
  • Danish: “Mingechevir vandkraftværk”
  • Dutch: “Waterkrachtcentrale Mingəçevir”
  • French: “Barrage de Mingatchevir”
  • Georgian: “მინგეჩაურის კაშხალი”
  • Indonesian: “Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Air Mingachevir”
  • Japanese: “ミンゲチェヴィルダム”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Mingachevir GES”
  • Kazakh: “Мингечевир су электр стансасы”
  • Malay: “Empangan hidroelektrik Mingachevir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mengetsjevir-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mingatsjevir vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mingetsjevir vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mingetsjevir-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Mingetsjevir vannkraftverk”
  • Persian: “سد مینگشویر”
  • Russian: “Мингечаурская ГЭС”
  • Russian: “Мингечевирская ГЭС”
  • Russian: “Мингячевирская ГЭС”
  • Scots: “Mingachevir Dam”
  • Turkish: “Mingeçevir Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
  • Turkish: “Mingeçevir Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мінгячевірська ГЕС”
  • Uzbek: “Mingechaur GES”

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