Jinghong Dam

The Jinghong Dam is a gravity dam composed of roller-compacted concrete on the Lancang River near in Yunnan Province, . The main purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it has an associated 1,750 MW power station.
Photo: Ulrich Gail, CC0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jinghong.

is the capital of in southern . It is a hub for Chinese package tourists as well as for travellers passing between China and Laos.

Jinghong Dam

Latitude
22.05249° or 22° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
100.76649° or 100° 45′ 59″ east
Inception
2003
Open location code
7PJ23Q28+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 843180333
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q1355376
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Jinghong Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 景洪大坝
  • Chinese: 景洪大壩
  • Chinese: 景洪水电站
  • Chinese: 景洪水電站
  • Egyptian Arabic: سد جينجهونج
  • French: barrage de Jinghong
  • French: Barrage de Jinghong
  • German: Jinghong-Talsperre
  • Indonesian: Bendungan Jinghong
  • Italian: diga di Jinghong
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jinghong-demningen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jinghongdemningen
  • Norwegian: Jinghong-demningen
  • Persian: سد جینگونگ
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Jinghong
  • Ukrainian: ГЕС Цзінхун
  • Vietnamese: Đập Cảnh Hồng

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