Vaal Dam

The Vaal Dam in was constructed in 1938 and lies 77 km south of OR Tambo International Airport, . The lake behind the dam wall has a surface area of about 320 square kilometres and is 47 meters deep.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Deneysville.

Town
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town on the banks of the in the Free State province of .

Vaal Dam

Latitude
-26.88255° or 26° 52′ 57″ south
Longitude
28.11526° or 28° 6′ 55″ east
Inception
1938
Open location code
5G5C4488+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 88627012
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q978936
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Vaal Dam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vaaldam”
  • Cebuano: “Vaal Dam”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾水壩”
  • German: “Vaal-Talsperre”
  • Igbo: “Ihe mgbochi mmiri Vaal”
  • Italian: “diga di Vaal”
  • Korean: “발댐”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vaaldemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Vaaldemningen”
  • Persian: “سد وال”
  • Polish: “Vaal Dam”
  • Spanish: “Embalse de Vaal”
  • Yoruba: “Vaal Dam”

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