Dukan Dam

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Dukan Dam
Dukan Dam
Dukan Dam
Location: as-Sulaimaniya (Governorate) , Kurdistan Autonomous Region , Iraq
Tributaries: Little Zab
Drain: Little Zab
Larger cities on the shore: You can
Major cities nearby: Sulaimaniya , Ranya
Dukan Dam (Iraq)
Dukan Dam
Coordinates 35 ° 57 '15 "  N , 44 ° 57' 9"  E Coordinates: 35 ° 57 '15 "  N , 44 ° 57' 9"  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1954-1959
Height of the barrier structure : 116.5 m
Height of the structure crown: 516  m
Building volume: 370,000 m³
Power plant output: 400 MW
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 511  m
Water surface 270 km²dep1
Storage space 6,870,000,000 m³
Catchment area 11.690 km²

The Dukan Dam ( Arabic سد دوكان, DMG Sadd Dūkān ; also Dukan Lake) is the largest dam in the Autonomous Region of Kurdistan . It is located on the riverside town of Dukan in the province of as-Sulaimaniya , about 55 kilometers north of the provincial capital Silêmanî .

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Construction of the Dukan Dam began in 1954 and was completed in 1959. The British company Binnie and Partners provided the design for the construction of the dam . Five turbines, each with an 80 megawatt generator, were installed to generate electricity. The dam is of great strategic importance for the province of Silêmanî as it is the only dam there besides the Darbandichan Dam . He is responsible for water and electricity supply throughout the province.

  • The Dukan Dam

  • One of the hydraulic turbines in the dam's control room

  • Flood relief of the dam

Reservoir

The Dukan Lake has a storage volume of 6.87 billion cubic meters , with a water surface of 270 square kilometers . It serves to supply the population with water, but also for fishing and as a tourist attraction. In 2013, planned Emaar Properties and the Kurdish Faruk Group , a 2 billion - dollar heavy project to the area near the lake at a resort rebuild.

See also

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  1. ^ Alan Charles Twort, Don D. Ratnayaka, Malcolm J. Brandt: Water Supply . Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000, ISBN 978-0-340-72018-9 , pp. 182 ( google.com [accessed January 29, 2016]).
  2. ↑ Dokan and Derb Andi Khan Emergency Hydropower Project. In: cabinet.gov.krd. Kurdistan Regional Government, accessed December 28, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Mohamed Shwan Husami: Energy Crisis in Kurdistan And The Impact of Renewable Energy. In: Department of Mechanical Engineering. University of Strathclyde, 2007, accessed December 28, 2015 .
  4. ^ Dukan Lake (S2). In: natureiraq.org. Retrieved December 28, 2015 .
  5. ↑ World Bank (ed.): Consultancy Services for Dokan and Derbendikhan Dam Inspection Report (Final) . July 31, 2006, p. 29 (English, online on the World Bank website (DOC; 4.55 MB)).
  6. ↑ Dukan Lake Resort | Unbelievable Kurdistan - Official Tourism Site of Kurdistan. In: bot.gov.krd. Retrieved January 29, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Khalid Al-Ansary, Nayla Razzouk: Emaar to Build $ 2 Billion Iraq Kurdish Resort, Official Says. In: Bloomberg.com. Retrieved January 29, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Emaar to build $ 2bn resort in Iraq's Kurdish region | The National. In: www.thenational.ae. Retrieved January 29, 2016 .

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