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Yeywa Dam

The 928th tallest dam in the world

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The Yeywa Hydropower Station (Burmese), located on the Myitnge River, 52 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Mandalay city, at Yeywa village in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Region in central Myanmar, is the country's first roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam, and the site of a 790-megawatt (1, 060, 000 hp) hydroelectric power plant, the largest in the country.

Dam data from Wikidata (CC0) plus curated additions. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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