| Buyo Dam | |
| Location Map: | Ivory Coast |
| Coordinates: | 6.2413°N -7.0334°W |
| Country: | Ivory Coast |
| Purpose: | P |
| Status: | O |
| Opening: | 1980 |
| Owner: | Ministry of Economy |
| Dam Type: | Embankment, earth and rock-fill |
| Dam Crosses: | Sassandra River |
| Dam Length: | 3615m (11,860feet) |
| Dam Height: | 37m (121feet) |
| Res Name: | Lake Buyo |
| Res Capacity Total: | 8300e6m3 |
| Res Catchment: | 46000km2 |
| Res Surface: | 89.5km2 |
| Plant Commission: | 1980-1981 |
| Plant Turbines: | 3 × 55MW Kaplan-type |
| Plant Capacity: | 165MW |
The Buyo Dam is an embankment dam on the Sassandra River in the Bas-Sassandra district of Côte d'Ivoire. Completed in 1980,[1] it has a hydroelectric power station with an installed capacity of, enough to power over 111,000 homes.[2] [3] [4]