Karkamış Dam
Karkamış Dam is one of the 21 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project of Turkey. It is on the Euphrates River. The foundation of the dam was laid in 1996, and is 4.5 kilometres from the Syria border.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gürçay and Çiçekalan.
Gürçay
Village
Gürçay is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karkamış, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village had a population of 123 in 2022 and is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe.
Çiçekalan
Village
Çiçekalan is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Birecik, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey. Its population is 238. It is located on the east bank of the Euphrates, very close to the Syrian border. Çiçekalan is situated 2½ km northeast of Karkamış Dam.
Yurtbağı
Village
Yurtbağı, formerly and still informally called Merchamis, is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Karkamış, Gaziantep Province, Turkey. The village is inhabited by Turkmens of the Barak tribe and had a population of 163 in 2022. Yurtbağı is situated 2½ km west of Karkamış Dam.
Karkamış Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Gaziantep, Turkey
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Gaziantep Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.86841° or 36° 52′ 6″ northLongitude
38.0331° or 38° 1′ 59″ eastOpen location code
8G8WV29M+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 128497237OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q1927376
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Karkamış Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد كركاميش”
- Arabic: “سد كركميش”
- Dutch: “KarkamIsdam”
- Dutch: “Karkamışdam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد قرقاموس”
- French: “barrage de Karkamış”
- French: “Barrage de Karkamış”
- German: “Karkamış-Staustufe”
- Hungarian: “Karkamış Barajı”
- Hungarian: “Karkamış-gát”
- Italian: “diga di Karkamış”
- Kurdish: “Bendava Karkamişê”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karkamişdemningen”
- Norwegian: “Karkamişdemningen”
- Turkish: “Karkamış Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Каркамиш”
- Ukrainian: “Каркамиш”
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