Buyo Hydroelectric Power Station
The Buyo Dam is an embankment dam on the Sassandra River in the Bas-Sassandra district of Côte d'Ivoire. Completed in 1980, it has a hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of 165 megawatts, enough to power over 111,000 homes.- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Ivory Coast
- Also known as: “Barrage de Buyo”, “Buyo Dam”, and “Centrale hydroélectrique de Buyo”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buyo.
Buyo
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Buyo is a town in south-western Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Buyo Department in Nawa Region, Bas-Sassandra District. Buyo is also a commune. Buyo is situated 4½ km northeast of Buyo Hydroelectric Power Station.
Buyo Hydroelectric Power Station
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Bas-Sassandra District, Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
6.24536° or 6° 14′ 43″ northLongitude
-7.02728° or 7° 1′ 38″ westInception
1980Operator
Compagnie ivoirienne d’électricitéOpen location code
6CRJ6XWF+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 533150339OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q3444380
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Buyo Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barrage de Buyo”
- French: “barrage de Buyo”
- French: “Barrage de Buyo”
- Japanese: “ブヨダム”
- Lithuanian: “Bujo hidroelektrinė”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buyo vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buyodemningen”
- Norwegian: “Buyodemningen”
- Persian: “سد بویو”
- Swedish: “Barrage de Buyo”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Буйо”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eglise methodiste unie and GARE TDF BUYO -ABIDJAN.
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