Shwegyin Dam
The Shwegyin Dam is a rock-fill dam on the Shwegyin River in Shwegyin Township of the Bago Region located in the southern central part of Burma. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it has a 75 megawatts power station just below its base.Photo: Dr Lotus Black, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shwegyin Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Shwegyin Township, Bago Region
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Shwegyin Township, Bago District, Bago Region, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
17.97051° or 17° 58′ 14″ northLongitude
96.93624° or 96° 56′ 11″ eastOpen location code
7M9RXWCP+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 356411234OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q16900187
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Ukrainian—“Shwegyin Dam” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ရွှေကျင် တာတမံ”
- Persian: “سد شوگین”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Швегиїн”
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