Kpong Dam
The Kpong Dam, also known as the Akuse Dam, is a hydroelectric power generating dam on the lower Volta River near Akuse in Ghana. It is owned and operated by Volta River Authority.- Type: Dam
- Description: hydroelectric dam in Akuse
- Also known as: “Akuse Dam”
Kpong Dam
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and hydroelectric dam
- Location: North Tongu District, Volta Region, Ghana, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
6.12927° or 6° 7′ 45″ northLongitude
0.11984° or 0° 7′ 11″ eastHeight
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
6FR244H9+PWOpenStreetMap ID
way 246515836OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q6435738
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Kpong Dam” goes by many names.
- French: “barrage d’Akuse”
- French: “barrage de Kpong”
- French: “Barrage de Kpong”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Akuse Dam”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Kpong Dam”
- Hausa: “Rashin ruwa na Kpong”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Kpong”
- Italian: “diga di Kpong”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kpong kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kpongdemningen”
- Norwegian: “Kpongdemningen”
- Persian: “سد کپونگ”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Кпонг”
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Highlights include Kpong Power Station and Akuse Cleland Memorial Church (Presby).
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