Kouga Dam
The Kouga Dam is an arch dam on the Kouga River about 21 km west of Patensie in Kouga Local Municipality, South Africa. It supplies irrigation water to the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys as well as drinking water to the Port Elizabeth metropolitan area via the Loerie Balancing Dam.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: dam in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Also known as: “Paul Sauer-dam”
Kouga Dam
- Categories: arch dam and body of water
- Location: Baviaans, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.7004° or 33° 42′ 1″ south
Longitude
24.5117° or 24° 30′ 42″ east
Open location code
4GR67GX6+RM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=water
OpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoir
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Kouga Dam” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kougadam”
- French: “Barrage de Kouga”
- Fulah: “Baraas Kouga”
- Hausa: “Dam ɗin Kouga”
- Igbo: “Ọdọ Mmiri Kouga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kougademningen”
- Norwegian: “Kougademningen”
- Persian: “سد کوگا”
- Uzbek: “Kouga toʻgʻoni”
- Yoruba: “Kouga Dam”
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Highlights: Kouga Dam Hydro Power Station and Kudu Kaya Baviaanskloof.
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