Hardap Dam

The Hardap Dam is a dam close to in the of central . Built in 1963 while Namibia was under South African occupation, the Hardap Dam had remained the largest dam in the country for more than five decades.
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Hardap Dam

Latitude
-24.49769° or 24° 29′ 52″ south
Longitude
17.85866° or 17° 51′ 31″ east
Open location code
5F7VGV25+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 485537777
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q281035
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Hardap Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Hardapdam”
  • Bulgarian: “Хардап”
  • Cebuano: “Hardap Dam”
  • Dutch: “Hardapdam”
  • German: “Hardap-Damm”
  • Hausa: “Dam din Hardap”
  • Italian: “diga di Hardap”
  • Malayalam: “ഹാർഡാപ് അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Persian: “سد هرداپ”
  • Polish: “Zapora Hardap”
  • Romanian: “Barajul Hardap”
  • Spanish: “Represa Hardap”
  • Ukrainian: “Гардап (гребля)”
  • Ukrainian: “Гардап”

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