Turkey
Mardin Province
Artuklu

Dara Dam

The Dara Dam was a Roman arch dam at in Mesopotamia, a rare pre-modern example of this dam type. The modern identification of its site is uncertain, but may rather point to a common gravity dam.
Tap on a place
to explore it
Wikipedia

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dara.

Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Daras was an important East Roman fortress city in northern Mesopotamia on the border with the Sassanid Empire. Because of its great strategic importance, it featured prominently in the Roman-Persian conflicts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dara and Ambar.

Village
, formerly Oğuz, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village is populated by Kurds and had a population of 1,029 in 2021.

Village
Embarê is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village had a population of 319 in 2021. is situated 3½ km south of Dara Dam.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village had a population of 160 in 2021. is situated 4½ km south of Dara Dam.

Dara Dam

Latitude
37.18306° or 37° 10′ 59″ north
Longitude
40.95124° or 40° 57′ 5″ east
Open location code
8H925XM2+6F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9795386640
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q1165614
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Dara Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Dara Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “达拉大坝”
  • Chinese: “達拉大壩”
  • German: “Dara-Staudamm”
  • German: “Dara-Staumauer”
  • German: “Staudamm von Dara”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan dara”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Dara”
  • Turkish: “Dara Barajı”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Çayırpınar and Yukarıyeniköy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dara-Anastasiopolis and Dara.

Turkey: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Istanbul, Edirne, Ankara, and Izmir.

Curious Localities to Discover

Uncover intriguing localities from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Dara Dam”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.