Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as the Hidase Dam, is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in .
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Latitude
11.21477° or 11° 12′ 53″ north
Longitude
35.09323° or 35° 5′ 36″ east
Open location code
7G3Q637V+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1418834652
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q1542454

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Groot Ethiopiese Renaissancedam”
  • Arabic: “سد النهضة”
  • Armenian: “Հիդասե հէկ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Efiopiya İntibah Su bəndi”
  • Azerbaijani: “GERD”
  • Bengali: “মহা ইথিওপীয় পুনর্জন্ম বাঁধ”
  • Burmese: “အီသီယိုးပီးယား ပြန်လည်ရှင်သန်ရေးဆည်ကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Presa del Renaixement”
  • Central Kurdish: “بەنداوی ھیداسی”
  • Chinese: “埃塞俄比亚复兴大坝”
  • Chinese: “埃塞俄比亞復興大壩”
  • Czech: “Velká přehrada etiopského znovuzrození”
  • Dutch: “Grote Renaissance Dam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد النهضه”
  • Esperanto: “Baraĵo de la Etiopia Renaskiĝo”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Etiopia Renesanca Akvobaraĵo”
  • Estonian: “Suur Etioopia Renessansi Pais”
  • Finnish: “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”
  • Finnish: “Suuri etiopialaisen renessanssin pato”
  • French: “barrage de la Renaissance”
  • French: “grand barrage de la Renaissance éthiopienne”
  • French: “Grand Barrage de la Renaissance”
  • German: “Grand-Ethiopian-Renaissance-Talsperre”
  • German: “Große Talsperre der äthiopischen Wiedergeburt”
  • German: “Großer Renaissance-Staudamm”
  • German: “Hidase-Talsperre”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Di Grand Dam”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα της Αναγέννησης”
  • Hausa: “Dam in Renaissance na Habasha”
  • Hebrew: “סכר המילניום”
  • Hebrew: “סכר הרנסאנס האתיופי הגדול”
  • Hebrew: “סכר התחייה האתיופית הגדול”
  • Icelandic: “Endurreisnarstíflan”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Hidase”
  • Irish: “Damba Renaissance Aetópach”
  • Italian: “diga di Grand Ethiopian Renaissance”
  • Italian: “Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam”
  • Japanese: “グランド・ルネサンス・ダム”
  • Japanese: “大エチオピア・ルネサンスダム”
  • Japanese: “大エチオピア再生ダム”
  • Korean: “그랜드 에티오피아 르네상스 댐”
  • Persian: “سد نوزایی بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Tama Wielkiego Odrodzenia”
  • Polish: “Wielkie Etiopskie Odrodzenie”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem do Grande Renascimento Etiope”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem do Renascimento”
  • Portuguese: “Represa do Renascimento”
  • Romanian: “Marele Baraj Etiopian al Renașterii”
  • Russian: “Хыдасе”
  • Slovenian: “Jez velikega etiopskega preporoda”
  • Somali: “Biyo-xireenka Horukaca”
  • Spanish: “Gran Presa del Renacimiento Etíope”
  • Spanish: “Presa del Renacmiento”
  • Swedish: “Millenniedammen”
  • Swedish: “Stora etiopiska renässansdammen”
  • Tamil: “எத்தியோப்பியாவின் பெரும் மறுமலர்ச்சி அணை”
  • Tswana: “Letamo la Grand Ethiopian Renaissance”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Etiyopya Rönesans Barajı”
  • Turkish: “Rönesans Barajı”
  • Twi: “Ethiopia kɛseɛ nsuapɔw”
  • Twi: “GERD”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Великого Ефіопського Ренесансу”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Відродження”
  • Urdu: “دی گرینڈ ایتھوپین ری انسائینس ڈیم”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Grand Ethiopian Renaissance”

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