Thika Dam

The Ndakaini dam is a 63 m high, 458 m crest length earthfill dam on the near the small town of Ndakaini, 50 km north of Nairobi, Kenya. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 70 million cubic metres and serves for drinking water supply.
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  • Dam
  • …is also known as “Ndakaini Dam”
  • Description: dam in Kenya

Thika Dam

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Latitude
-0.82038° or 0° 49′ 13″ south
Longitude
36.85055° or 36° 51′ 2″ east
Open location code
6GFR5VH2+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 776617272
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q7784141

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Hausa—“Thika Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد ذيكة”
  • Hausa: “Dam din Thika”

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