Tabqa Power Plant

The Euphrates Dam, most commonly known as Tabqa Dam; formerly known as al-Thawra Dam during the Ba'athist era, is an embankment dam on the , located 40 kilometres upstream from the city of in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tabqa.

, formerly Al-Thawrah, is a city in , , approximately 55 kilometres west of . Until the 1960s it had been a relatively small settlement. The city had a population of 69,425 as of the 2004 census.

Tabqa Power Plant

Latitude
35.85746° or 35° 51′ 27″ north
Longitude
38.55955° or 38° 33′ 34″ east
Established
1973
Open location code
8G7WVH45+XR
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