Golovnaya Dam

The Golovnaya Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Vakhsh River just east of Sarband in Khatlon Province, . It serves to provide water to a system of irrigation canals and generate hydroelectric power.
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  • Type: Industrial building
  • Description: dam in Levakant, Sarband District, Khatlon Province
  • Also known as: “Sarband (Golovnaya) Hydroelectric Plant” and “Неругоҳи барқи обии Сарбанд”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khatlon.

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Region, one of the four provinces of Tajikistan, is the most populous of the four first-level administrative regions in the country. It is situated in the southwest of the country, between the Hisor Range in the north and the river in the south…

Golovnaya Dam

Latitude
37.88315° or 37° 52′ 59″ north
Longitude
68.93694° or 68° 56′ 13″ east
Elevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)
Inception
1962
Operator
Barqi Tojik
Open location code
8J9CVWMP+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 751601194
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
8714383
Wiki­data ID
Q13201728
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Golovnaya Dam” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Golovnaya Power Plant”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Golovnaja-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Golovnaja-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد گلونوایا”
  • Russian: “Головная ГЭС (Таджикистан)”
  • Russian: “Головная ГЭС”
  • Tajik: “НБО «Сарбанд»”
  • Tajik: “НБО Сарбанд”
  • Ukrainian: “Сарбандська ГЕС”
  • Uzbek: “Sarband GES”

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