Bakun River
Bakun may refer to: *Bakun, Benguet, a third class municipality in Benguet Province, Philippines *Bakun Dam, an embankment dam in East Malaysia *Bakun, a colloquial form of the Russian male first name Avvakum Avvakum Petrov (russian: link=no, Аввакум Петров; 20 November 1620/21 – 14 April 1682) (also spelled Awakum) was an Old Believer and Russian protopope of the Kazan Cathedral on Red Square who led the opposition to Patriarch N ...

Bakun, Benguet
Bakun, officially the Municipality of Bakun, ( ilo, Ili ti Bakun; tl, Bayan ng Bakun), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,535 people. History During the Spanish Period, Bakun was a '' rancheria'' of the ''Commandancia Politico-Militar de Amburayan''. Ampusongan (currently a barangay of Bakun) was a ''rancheria'' of the ''Commandancia Politico Militar de Tiagan, Distrito de Benguet.'' When the United States took control of the Philippines, the American Congress issued ''Act No. 48'' in November 1900, placing Bakun under the province of Amburayan, and Ampusongan under the province of Benguet. On August 13, 1908, Benguet became a subprovince of the newly established Mountain Province with the enactment of ''Act No. 1876'', and the municipal districts of Bakun and Ampusongan became part of the subprovince. In 1917, the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes recommended that the western border of t ...
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Bakun Dam
The Bakun Dam is an embankment dam located in Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, on the Balui River, a tributary or source of the Rajang River and some sixty kilometres east of Belaga. As part of the project, the second tallest concrete-faced rockfill dam in the world would be built. It is planned to generate 2,400 megawatts (MW) of electricity once completed. The purpose for the dam was to meet growing demand for electricity. However, most of this demand is said to lie in Peninsular Malaysia and not East Malaysia, where the dam is located. Even in Peninsular Malaysia, however, there is an oversupply of electricity, with Tenaga Nasional Berhad being locked into unfavourable purchasing agreements with Independent Power Producers. The original idea was to have 30% of the generated capacity consumed in East Malaysia and the rest sent to Peninsular Malaysia. This plan envisioned 730 km of overhead HVDC transmission lines in East Malaysia, 670 km of unders ...
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