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Coordinates: 22°41′47″S 16°44′36″E / 22.69639°S 16.74333°E / -22.69639; 16.74333
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Friedenau Dam
Friedenau Dam is located in Namibia
Friedenau Dam
Location of Friedenau Dam in Namibia
Official nameFriedenau Dam
CountryNamibia
Location38 km (24 mi) south-west of Windhoek, Khomas Region
Coordinates22°41′47″S 16°44′36″E / 22.69639°S 16.74333°E / -22.69639; 16.74333
Opening date1972
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity concrete
ImpoundsKuiseb River
Reservoir
Total capacity6.723 million cubic metres (8,793,000 cu yd)
Surface area0.8 square kilometres (0.31 sq mi)

Friedenau Dam is a gravity concrete dam in Khomas Region, Namibia. Located 38 kilometres (24 mi) southwest of Windhoek, it dams the Kuiseb River and provides water to nearby Matchless Mine. It has a capacity of 6.723 million cubic metres (8,793,000 cu yd) and was completed in 1972, when the territory was occupied by South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ Omatako Dam at NamWater.com.na


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