Gariep Dam
Gariep Dam is a town of 1,600 people in the Free State province of South Africa next to the dam with the same name. It is a popular outdoor destination for boating and water sports enthusiasts, and makes a good break on the journey between Cape Town and Johannesburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norvalspont and Gariep Dam.
Norvalspont
Norvalspont is a small town in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The name is Afrikaans for Norval’s ferry, and named after an enterprising Scot who constructed a ferry here in 1848.Gariep Dam
Town
Photo: Hendrik van den Berg, CC BY 3.0.
Gariep Dam, founded as "Oranjekrag", is a settlement in Xhariep District Municipality in the Free State of South Africa. Gariep Dam is a town on the northern bank of the Orange River, 50 km west of Bethulie and 48 km north-east of Colesberg. Gariep Dam is situated 3½ km north of Gariep Dam.
Gariep Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam on the Orange River in South Africa
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-30.6244° or 30° 37′ 28″ southLongitude
25.5055° or 25° 30′ 20″ eastInception
1971Open location code
4GX79GG4+65OpenStreetMap ID
way 174344884OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q1494266
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Gariep Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Gariepdam”
- Afrikaans: “Hendrik Verwoerddam”
- Dutch: “Gariepdam”
- French: “barrage de Gariep”
- French: “Barrage de Gariep”
- French: “Gariep Dam”
- German: “Gariep Dam”
- German: “Hendrik Verwoerd Dam”
- Hausa: “Gariep Dam”
- Hindi: “गरिएप बाँध”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Gariep”
- Italian: “Diga del Gariep”
- Italian: “diga di Gariep”
- Italian: “Diga di Gariep”
- Italian: “Gariep Dam”
- Japanese: “ハリップ・ダム”
- Malayalam: “ഗരിയെപ്പ് അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gariep-dammen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gariep-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gariepdamm”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gariepdammen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gariepdemningen”
- Norwegian: “Gariepdemningen”
- Persian: “سد گریپ”
- Polish: “Zapora Gariep”
- Romanian: “Barajul gariep”
- Romanian: “Barajul Gariep”
- Russian: “Гарьеп”
- Russian: “Хендрик-Фервурд”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Gariep”
- Swedish: “Gariepdammen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Gariep”
- Yoruba: “Gariep Dam”
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