Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station

The Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station, also known as the Gitaru Dam, is a rock and earth-filled embankment dam on the in Kenya. It straddles the border between and Machakos Counties in the former .
  • Industrial building
  • …is also known as “Gitaru Hydro Power Station”
  • …is operated by KenGen
  • Description: Kenyan power station

Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station

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Latitude
-0.79493° or 0° 47′ 42″ south
Longitude
37.75271° or 37° 45′ 10″ east
Open location code
6GFV6Q43+23
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة جيتارو لتوليد الطاقة الكهرومائية”
  • Armenian: “Գիտարու”
  • Chinese: “吉塔魯水電站”
  • Chinese: “吉塔鲁水电站”
  • French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Gitaru”
  • German: “Kraftwerk Gitaru”
  • Hausa: “Tashar wutar lantarki ta Gitaru”
  • Indonesian: “Pembangkit Listrik Tenaga Air Gitaru”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gitaru vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Gitaru vannkraftverk”
  • Persian: “نیروگاه برق آبی گیتارو”
  • Russian: “Гитару(ГЭС)”
  • Russian: “Гитару”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Гітару”
  • Ukrainian: “Гітару”

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