Samarra Barrage
The Samarra Barrage is a multi-purpose barrage on the Tigris River adjacent of Samarra and north of Baghdad, Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is to divert floodwater in the Tigris River to Lake Tharthar through the Tharthar depression along with irrigation and an 84 MW hydro-electricity station.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: dam
- Also known as: “Samarra Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Mosque of Samarra and Malwiya.
Great Mosque of Samarra
Archaeological site
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 CE and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Great Mosque of Samarra is situated 2½ km northeast of Samarra Barrage.
Malwiya
Tower
The Great Mosque of Samarra is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 CE and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Malwiya is situated 2½ km northeast of Samarra Barrage.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samarra.
Samarra
Samarra is a city in Iraq's Baghdad Belts. In 2007, UNESCO named Samarra one of its World Heritage Sites.
Samarra Barrage
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.19622° or 34° 11′ 46″ northLongitude
43.85431° or 43° 51′ 16″ eastOpen location code
8H655VW3+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 311556475Wikidata ID
Q1639567
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Samarra Barrage” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد سامراء”
- Central Kurdish: “بەنداوی سامەڕا”
- Chinese: “薩邁拉大壩”
- Dutch: “Samarra Barrage”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد سامراء”
- French: “Barrage de Samara”
- French: “barrage de Samaraa”
- French: “Barrage de Samarra”
- German: “Samarra-Staustufe”
- German: “Samarra-Stauwehr”
- Italian: “diga di Samarra”
- Italian: “Diga di Samarra”
- Persian: “سیلبند سامرا”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Samarra”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Самарра”
Notable Places Nearby
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