Gilgel Gibe I Dam

The Gilgel Gibe I Dam is a rock-filled embankment dam on the Gilgel Gibe River in . It is located about 57 km northeast of in Oromia Region.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam
  • Also known as: “Gilgel Gibe I Power Station”, “Gilgel Gibe-demningen”, and “Гилгель Гибе I (плотина)”

Gilgel Gibe I Dam

Latitude
7.83214° or 7° 49′ 56″ north
Longitude
37.32558° or 37° 19′ 32″ east
Height
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
6GVVR8JG+V6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 187073913
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q902477
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tswana—“Gilgel Gibe I Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد جيلجيل جيب الأول”
  • Cebuano: “Gilgel Gibe I Power Station”
  • French: “barrage Gilgel Gibe I”
  • French: “Barrage Gilgel Gibe I”
  • Hausa: “Gilgel Gibe I Dam”
  • Korean: “길겔 기베 1 발전소”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilgel Gibe vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Gilgel Gibe vannkraftverk”
  • Persian: “سد گیلگل گیبه”
  • Russian: “Гилгель Гибе I”
  • Russian: “Плотина Гилгел-Гибе I”
  • Swahili: “Bwawa la Gilgel Gibe I”
  • Swedish: “Gilgel Gibe I Power Station”
  • Tswana: “Letamo la Gilgel Gibe I”

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