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Banieya Dam

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Country
  
Guinea

Purpose
  
Power, water supply

Owner(s)
  
Electricite de Guinee

Opened
  
1969

Location
  
Kindia Region

Status
  
Operational

Height
  
30 m

Surface area
  
28 km²

Banieya Dam

Opening date
  
1969; 48 years ago (1969)

Similar
  
Kastraki Dam, Îles de Los, Le Centre Culturel Franco‑Guinéen, Sandervalia National Museum

The Banieya Dam is an embankment dam on the Samou River in the Kindia Region of Guinea. It is located 16 km (9.9 mi) west of Kindia. The dam was completed by 1969 for the purpose of water supply. A hydroelectric power station of 5.2 megawatts (7,000 hp) was commissioned at the dam's toe in 1988. The Kale Dam, which also supports a hydroelectric power station, is located downstream.

Map of Banieya Dam, Guinea

References

Banieya Dam Wikipedia