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 Tana River in Kenya. It straddles the border between Embu and Machakos Counties in the former Eastern Province.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Industrial building
- Description: Kenyan power station
- Also known as: “Gitaru Hydro Power Station”
Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Embu County, Kenya, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.79493° or 0° 47′ 42″ southLongitude
37.75271° or 37° 45′ 10″ eastOperator
KenGenOpen location code
6GFV6Q43+23OpenStreetMap ID
way 209568337OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialWikidata ID
Q5565067
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Gitaru Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “吉塔魯水電站”
- Chinese: “吉塔鲁水电站”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Gitaru”
- German: “Kraftwerk 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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