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Syria–Turkey Friendship Dam | |
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Country | Syria/ Turkey |
Location | Turkey |
Coordinates | 36°10′01″N 36°21′53″E / 36.16694°N 36.36472°E |
Status | Open |
Construction began | 2011 |
Opening date | January 2020 |
Construction cost | US$28.5 million |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment |
Impounds | Orontes River |
Height | 14.5 m (48 ft) |
Length | 580 m (1,903 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 115,000,000 m3 (93,232 acre⋅ft)[ citation needed] |
The Friendship Dam is a dam on the Orontes River between the Syrian village of al-Alani, and the Turkish village of Ziyaret. [1] It will cost $28.5 million and will be able to generate 16 million kilowatt-hours of electricity every year and supply water for 10,000 hectares of agricultural soil. [2] In late June 2011 it was reported that the construction was delayed due to the uprising in Syria. A protocol which was supposed to be signed between the two countries, was not. [3]