Jebel Aulia Dam
The Jebal Aulia Dam is a dam on the White Nile near Khartoum, Sudan. Its construction began in 1933 and was completed in 1937. When completed it was the largest dam in the world.Photo: Motacilla, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Jebel Aulia
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Jabal Awliya is a village in the north-central part of Sudan, about 40 km south of Khartoum. Nearby is the Jebel Aulia Dam, built in 1937 by the British for the Egyptian government. Jebel Aulia is situated 2½ km east of Jebel Aulia Dam.
Jebel Aulia Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Sudan
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Khartoum State, Sudan, Sahel, Africa
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Latitude
15.23873° or 15° 14′ 19″ northLongitude
32.48493° or 32° 29′ 6″ eastOpen location code
7G7J6FQM+FXOpenStreetMap ID
way 157755082OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q2885151
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Jebel Aulia Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خزان جبل أولياء”
- Cebuano: “‘Khazan Jabal Awlya”
- French: “Barrage de Djebel Aulia”
- French: “barrage de Jebel Aulia”
- German: “Jebel-Aulia-Damm”
- Hebrew: “סכר ג’בל אוליה”
- Italian: “diga di Jebel Aulia”
- Japanese: “ジェベル・アウリア・ダム”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Jebel Aulia”
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