Al-Rastan Dam

Al-Rastan Dam is an embankment dam on the Orontes River in the city of Al-Rastan, Homs Governorate, Syria. It was completed around 1975 with the primary purpose of water storage for irrigation.

Photo: الرستن الرستن, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Al-Rastan, Homs Governorate
Also known as: “al-Rastan dam”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Rastan and Umm Sharshouh.

Al-Rastan

Town

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Al-Rastan is the third largest city in the Homs Governorate, located 25 kilometers north of its administrative capital Homs and 22 kilometers from Hama.

Umm Sharshouh

Village

Photo: Gheyas1969, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Umm Sharshouh is a village, which is situated 8 km southwest of Al-Rastan Dam.

Al-Rastan Dam

Category: embankment dam
Location: Homs Governorate, Syria, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

34.93812° or 34° 56′ 17″ north

Longitude

36.73448° or 36° 44′ 4″ east

Open location code

8G6RWPQM+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Al-Rastan Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Al-Rastan Dam” goes by many names.

Arabic: “سد الرستن”
German: “al-Rastan-Damm”
German: “Talsperre Rastan”
Persian: “سد الرستان”
Romanian: “Barajul al-Rastan”
Romanian: “Barajul Al-Rastan”
Spanish: “Presa de Al-Rastan”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Al Rastan Viaduct and nawwar.

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