Illisu Dam

The Ilısu Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the near the village of Ilısu and along the border of and in . It is one of the 22 dams of the Southeastern Anatolia Project and its purpose is hydroelectric power production, flood control and water storage.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Ilısu” and “Ilısu Dam”
  • Address: Ilısu Köyü, Mardin, Dargeçit

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Boncuklu Tarla.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site in the Southeastern Anatolia of . It is the remains of a settlement occupied from the Late Epipalaeolithic to Pre-Pottery Neolithic B periods, starting over 12,000 years ago. is situated 1¼ km west of Illisu Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ilısu and Düğünyurdu.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , in . The village is populated by Kurds of the Erebiyan tribe and had a population of 792 in 2021. is situated 2½ km west of Illisu Dam.

Village
is a village in the Güçlükonak District of in . It is populated by Kurds of the Şikakî tribe and had a population of 707 in 2021. is situated 2½ km south of Illisu Dam.

Village
is a village in the Güçlükonak District of in . It is populated by Kurds of the Şikakî tribe and had a population of 757 in 2021. The hamet of Koçyurdu is attached to . is situated 3 km east of Illisu Dam.

Illisu Dam

Latitude
37.53156° or 37° 31′ 54″ north
Longitude
41.8469° or 41° 50′ 49″ east
Height
135 metres (443 feet)
Operator
Devlet Su İşleri Genel Müdürlüğü
Open location code
8H93GRJW+JQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 288882668
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q1659316
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Satellite Map

Discover Illisu Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Illisu Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إليسو”
  • Arabic: “تركيا”
  • Arabic: “دجلة”
  • Arabic: “سد إليسو”
  • Armenian: “Իլիսուի ամբարտակ”
  • Chinese: “伊利蘇大壩”
  • Chinese: “伊利蘇水壩”
  • Dutch: “Ilisudam”
  • Dutch: “Ilısu Dam”
  • Esperanto: “Ilısu baraĵo”
  • French: “Barrage d’Ilisu”
  • French: “barrage d’Ilısu”
  • French: “Barrage d’Ilısu”
  • French: “Barrage de Ilisu”
  • French: “Barrage de Ilısu”
  • French: “Barrage de Illisu”
  • French: “Ilisu (barrage)”
  • Galician: “Encoro de Ilısu”
  • German: “Ilisu-Staudamm”
  • German: “Ilisu”
  • German: “Ilısu-Staudamm”
  • Hebrew: “סכר איליסו”
  • Hungarian: “Ilısu Barajı”
  • Hungarian: “Ilısu gát”
  • Hungarian: “Ilısu-gát”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Ilısu”
  • Italian: “diga di Ilısu”
  • Italian: “Diga di Ilısu”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Germavê”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Ilisuyê”
  • Kurdish: “Bendava Îlisuyê”
  • Kurdish: “Sikrê Ilisuyê”
  • Kurdish: “Sikrê Îlisuyê”
  • Kurdish: “Sikurê Îlisuyê”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilisu-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ilisudemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Ilisudemningen”
  • Persian: “سد ایلیسو”
  • Russian: “Илису (ГЭС)”
  • Russian: “Илису”
  • Spanish: “embalse de Ilisu”
  • Spanish: “embalse de Ilısu”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Ilısu”
  • Turkish: “Ilısu barajı ve hidroelektrik santrali”
  • Turkish: “Ilısu Barajı ve Hidroelektrik Santrali”
  • Turkish: “Ilısu Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Ілісу”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ilısu Barajı Hidroelektrik Santrali and Belkisana Kaplıcaları.

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