Swakoppoort Dam | |
Name Official: | Swakoppoort Dam |
Dam Crosses: | Swakop River |
Location: | Okahandja, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia |
Dam Type: | Surface reservoir |
Opening: | 1978 |
Res Capacity Total: | 63.489e6m3 |
Res Surface: | 7808m2 |
Coordinates: | -22.212°N 16.527°W |
Swakoppoort Dam is a dam 50km (30miles) outside of Okahandja, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia. It dams the Swakop River[1] and occasionally receives inflow from the Omatako Dam on Swakop's tributary Omatako. Its capacity is 63.489e6m3.[2] Completed in 1978, it is one of three dams to supply water to the capital Windhoek.[3] It also supplies the Navachab mine and the town of Karibib.