Gilgel Gibe III Dam
The Gilgel Gibe III Dam is a 246 m high roller-compacted concrete dam with an associated hydroelectric power plant on the Omo River in Ethiopia. It is located about 62 km west of Sodo in the South Ethiopia Regional State.
- Type: Dam
- Description: hydroelectric dam in Ethiopia
- Also known as: “Diga Gibe III” and “吉爾格爾吉貝三號水電站”
Gilgel Gibe III Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: South Ethiopia Regional State, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.84828° or 6° 50′ 54″ north
Longitude
37.30191° or 37° 18′ 7″ east
Height
250 metres (820 feet)
Open location code
6GRVR8X2+8Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wolaytta—“Gilgel Gibe III Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد جيلجل جيب الثالث”
- Chinese: “Gibe 第3水壩”
- Chinese: “吉格吉貝三號壩”
- Chinese: “吉格吉贝三号坝”
- Dutch: “Gilgel Gibe III Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد جيلجل جيب التالت”
- French: “barrage Gilgel Gibe III”
- French: “Barrage Gilgel Gibe III”
- German: “Gilgel Gibe III”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Gilgel Gibe III Dam”
- Hausa: “Dam din Gilgel Gibe III”
- Hungarian: “Gilgel Gibe III gát”
- Italian: “diga di Gilgel Gibe III”
- Italian: “Diga Gilgel Gibe III”
- Japanese: “ギルゲル・ギベ3号ダム”
- Persian: “سد گیلگل گیبه سوم”
- Russian: “Гилгель Гибе III”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Gilgel Gibe III”
- Tswana: “Letamo la Gilgel Gibe III”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Гільгель-Гібе ІІІ”
- Wolaytta: “Gibe 3 Korinttiya Wolqqaa”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Spillway and dada.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Gilgel Gibe III Power Station and Gilgel Gibe III.
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