Pong Dam
The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in Khatiyar, Kangra district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India, just upstream of Talwara.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Talwara.
Talwara
Town
Talwara is a city, just 58 km from Hoshiarpur city in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is at the border of the state of Himachal Pradesh.This place is known for proximity to Pong Dam in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh and was mainly populated during the construction of the same. Talwara is situated 7 km southwest of Pong Dam.
Pong Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam
- Category: embankment dam
- Location: Fatehpur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.97093° or 31° 58′ 15″ northLongitude
75.94613° or 75° 56′ 46″ eastOpen location code
8J3QXWCW+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 120587568OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q7227766
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Western Panjabi—“Pong Dam” goes by many names.
- German: “Pong-Talsperre”
- Japanese: “ポングダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Maharana Pratap Sagar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pong-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pratap Sagar-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pratapsagar-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Pong-demningen”
- Panjabi: “ਪੌਂਗ ਡੈਮ”
- Polish: “Zapora Pong”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Pong”
- Western Panjabi: “پونگ ڈیم”
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Highlights include Pong Power House and Shahneher.
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