Samarra Dam
Samarra Dam is a dam in Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate. Samarra Dam is situated nearby to the power station Samarra Barrage.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Samarra Barrage and Great Mosque of Samarra.
Samarra Barrage
Power station
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The Samarra Barrage is a multi-purpose barrage on the Tigris River adjacent of Samarra and north of Baghdad, Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is to divert floodwater in the Tigris River to Lake Tharthar through the Tharthar depression along with irrigation and an 84 MW hydro-electricity station. Samarra Barrage is situated 210 metres southwest of Samarra Dam.
Great Mosque of Samarra
Archaeological site
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 CE and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Great Mosque of Samarra is situated 2½ km northeast of Samarra Dam.
Malwiya
Tower
The Great Mosque of Samarra is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 CE and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Malwiya is situated 2½ km northeast of Samarra Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samarra.
Samarra
Samarra is a city in Iraq's Baghdad Belts. In 2007, UNESCO named Samarra one of its World Heritage Sites.
Samarra Dam
- Type: Dam
- Also known as: “Sadd Sāmarrā’”
- Location: Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.19716° or 34° 11′ 50″ northLongitude
43.85625° or 43° 51′ 23″ eastElevation
64 metres (210 feet)Open location code
8H655VW4+VFGeoNames ID
10347413
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In Other Languages
“Samarra Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد سامراء”
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