Darunta Dam
The Darunta Dam is located on the Kabul River near the village of Darunta, approximately 7 km west of Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Afghanistan
- Also known as: “Daroonta Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darunta.
Darunta
Village
Darūnṭa, also spelled Daruntah or Derunta, is a village in Jalalabad District of Nangarhar province. It is located next to Jalalabad city on route AO1 in Afghanistan.
Darunta Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Surkh-Rōd District, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.48473° or 34° 29′ 5″ northLongitude
70.36325° or 70° 21′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8J6GF9M7+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 384302643OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q5225803
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Darunta Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد درونتا”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد در”
- French: “barrage de Darunta”
- French: “Barrage de Darunta”
- Italian: “diga di Darunta”
- Persian: “سد درونته”
- Pushto: “درونټه برېښناکوټ”
- Pushto: “ډرونټه برېښناکوټ”
- Russian: “ГЭС Дарунта”
- Russian: “плотина Дарунта”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Дарунта”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Park Zan Ha Daroonta and Park Jawan Ha Daroonta.
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