Friedenau Dam | |
Name Official: | Friedenau Dam |
Location Map: | Namibia |
Coordinates: | -22.6964°N 16.7433°W |
Dam Crosses: | Kuiseb River |
Country: | Namibia |
Location: | 38km (24miles) south-west of Windhoek, Khomas Region |
Dam Type: | Gravity concrete |
Opening: | 1972 |
Res Capacity Total: | 6.723e6m3 |
Friedenau Dam is a gravity concrete dam in Khomas Region, Namibia. Located southwest of Windhoek, it dams the Kuiseb River and provides water to nearby Matchless Mine. It has a capacity of 6.723e6m3 and was completed in 1972, when the territory was occupied by South Africa.[1]