Bakun Dam
The Bakun Dam is an embankment dam located in Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometres east of Belaga.
- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam
- Also known as: “Bakuno užtvanka”, “Bendungan bakun”, “Empangan hidroelektrik Bakun”, and “峇貢水壩”
Bakun Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Belaga District, Sarawak, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
2.76225° or 2° 45′ 44″ north
Longitude
114.05531° or 114° 3′ 19″ east
Open location code
6PJPQ364+V4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Bakun Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Bakun Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد باكون”
- Chinese: “峇贡水电站”
- Chinese: “巴贡水坝”
- Chinese: “巴贡水电站”
- Dutch: “Bakun Dam”
- French: “barrage de Bakun”
- French: “Barrage de Bakun”
- German: “Bakun-Talsperre”
- German: “Bakun”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Bakun”
- Italian: “Diga Bakun”
- Japanese: “バクンダム”
- Lithuanian: “Bakuno hidroelektrinė”
- Malay: “Empangan Bakun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bakun-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Bakun-demningen”
- Tamil: “பக்குன் அணை”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Бакун”
- Yue Chinese: “巴貢水壩”
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Highlights include Bakun Hydropower Station and Long house - Rumah Panjang Kejaman Neh Long Liten.
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