Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Mecca Region

Laya Dam

The Laya dam is a dam in opened in 1982 and located in Makkah region. The main purpose of the dam is flood control.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Makkah
  • Also known as: “Laya dam”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ta’if.

Photo: عباد ديرانية, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ta'if is a city in the Mecca province of . With a population of 690,000 people, it is the sixth most populous city in Saudi Arabia. The city is at an elevation of 1,879 m and is therefore much cooler than any of the nearby larger cities: , and .

Laya Dam

Latitude
21.21791° or 21° 13′ 5″ north
Longitude
40.45529° or 40° 27′ 19″ east
Open location code
7HH26F94+54
Open­Street­Map ID
way 965172938
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q85776037
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Satellite Map

Discover Laya Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Laya Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد وادي ليه”

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Highlights include وادي ليه and غدير البنات.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Laya Dam”. Photo: Al Jazeera English, CC BY-SA 2.0.