Itezhi-Tezhi Dam
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Height | 6200 (cm) |
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Opened | 1977 |
Construction cost | 275 million USD |
Locations | Itezhi-Tezhi |
Zambia | |
Installed capacity | 120 MW (160,000 hp) |
Turbines | 2 × 60 MW (80,000 hp) |
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ID | 3056395 |
About Itezhi-Tezhi Dam
The Itezhi-Tezhi Dam on the Kafue River in west-central Zambia was built between 1974 and 1977 at the Itezhi-Tezhi Gap, in a range of hills through which the river had eroded a narrow valley, leading to the broad expanse of the wetlands known as the Kafue Flats.