Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Ethiopia)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)

סכר הרנסנס האתיופי הגדול (אתיופיה)

Name (Latin)

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Ethiopia)

Other forms of name

GERD (Ethiopia : Dam)

Grand Renaissance Dam (Ethiopia)

Hidase Dam (Ethiopia)

Millennium Dam (Ethiopia)

Sadd al-Nahḍah al-Ithyūbī (Ethiopia)

Taehige (Ethiopia)

Ṭālāqu ya-ʼItyop̣yā Ḥidāsé Gedeb (Ethiopia)

Talaqu ye-Ityoppya Hidase Gidib (Ethiopia)

Wikidata: Q1542454

Library of congress: sh2017003531

Sources of Information

Work cat.: 2017025318: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and the Nile Basin, 2018:ECIP title page (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam) ECIP galley (GERD)
Ethiopia. Office of the National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the Grand Renaissance Dam website, viewed Nov. 30, 2017(Grand Renaissance Dam)
Water technology.net web site, viewed Nov. 30, 2017(Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam Project, Benishangul-Gumuz, Ethiopia: The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), formerly known as the Millennium Dam, is under construction in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of Ethiopia, on the Blue Nile River, which is located about 40km east of Sudan. The project is owned by Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO))
Wikipedia, Jan. 2, 2018(Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD or Taehige; Amharic: Ṭālāqu ya-ʼItyop̣yā Ḥidāsé Gedeb; Tālāqu ye-Ītyōppyā Hidāsē Gidib [in rom.]), formerly known as the Millennium Dam and sometimes referred to as Hidase Dam, is a gravity dam on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia that has been under construction since 2011; it is in the Benishangul-Gumuz Region of Ethiopia, about 15 km east of the border with Sudan; the dam will be the largest hydroelectric power plant in Africa when completed; 11°12ʹ55ʺN 35°05ʹ35ʺE)
Allam, M. Sadd al-Nahḍah, 2015:p. 4 of cover (Sadd al-Nahḍah al-Ithyūbī)

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