Sandile Dam | |
Name Official: | Sandile Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Keiskamma River |
Res Name: | Sandile Dam Reservoir |
Country: | South Africa |
Owner: | Department of Water Affairs |
Dam Type: | zoned embankment |
Purpose: | Irrigation |
Opening: | 1983 |
Res Catchment: | 348 km2 |
Coordinates: | -32.7117°N 27.1078°W |
Sandile Dam is a zoned embankment dam located on the Keiskamma River Ezingcuka near Keiskammahoek, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was established in 1983 and serves mainly for irrigation purposes. The hazard potential of the dam has been ranked high (3).
The dam was named in honour of King Sandile kaNgqika, once the reigning king of the Rharhabe sub-group of the Xhosa nation.