Lomaum Hydropower Plant
Lamaum Dam is a privately owned hydroelectric dam located on the Catumbela River in the Benguela province of central Angola. Initially completed in 1965, the dam played a crucial role in supplying electricity to the towns of supplying electricity to the towns of Lobito, Benguela and Huambo, with an initial power output of 20 megawatts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Power station
- Description: hydroelectric power station in Benguela Province, Angola
- Also known as: “Lomaum Dam” and “Lomaum Hydroelectric Power Station”
Lomaum Hydropower Plant
- Categories: hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Benguela Province, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-12.72544° or 12° 43′ 32″ southLongitude
14.38561° or 14° 23′ 8″ eastInception
1965Operator
Kanazuro Electric S.AOpen location code
5FVP79FP+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 663880514OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q11983013
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Lomaum Hydropower Plant” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Lomaum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد لوموم”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Lomaum”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de Lomaum”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Lomaum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lamaun vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Lamaun vannkraftverk”
- Portuguese: “Central Hidroelétrica de Lomaum”
- Portuguese: “Lomaum”
- Russian: “ГЭС Ломаум”
- Swedish: “Lomaum”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ломаум”
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