Nyumba ya Mungu Dam is a
Tanzanian,
hydroelectric dam
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...
located in and operated in
Mwanga District
Mwanga is one of the seven districts of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. The district covers an area of , It is bordered to the northeast by Kenya, to the northwest by the Moshi Rural District, to the southwest by Simanjiro District of Manyar ...
,
Kilimanjaro Region
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. It was built in the late 1960s and is Kilimanjaro region's largest artificial water body. Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir. The reservoir is shared with
Moshi District
Moshi Urban District (officially known as Moshi City Council) is an administrative district located in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. The district is home to regional capital of Kilimanjaro Region, namely Moshi. The district covers an area of . ...
of Kilimanjaro Region and
Simanjiro District of
Manyara Region. Nyumba ya Mungu means 'House of God'.
Its installed capacity is .
Overview
Reservoir
Nyumba ya Mungu is a man made lake in the
Kilimanjaro region. The reservoir is situated in the
Pangani River Valley of the Masai Steppe, about 50 km south of
Moshi. It is fed by two major inflows, the rivers Kikuletwa and Ruvu which drain some of catchment consisting of wooded grassland, forest, true desert, and alpine desert.
It was constructed for the purposes of irrigation, hydro-electric power and to start a local fishing industry. The reservoir was completed in December 1965 however the irrigation scheme had not yet been developed. The plan was to build a dam that would have served the purpose of storing flood flow, which would allow the development of some 30,000 acres of irrigated farming and generation of electricity power.
By 1970 the lake had a thriving Tilapia fishery production. However, this did not last long and subsequent reports from 1972 and 1973 showed a major decline in fish product.
See also
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Tanzania Electric Supply Company
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List of power stations in Tanzania
The following page lists all power stations in Tanzania.
Hydroelectric
Thermal
Wind
See also
* List of power stations in Africa
* List of largest power stations in the world
References
External links
Overview of Electrical Power ...
References
External links
Dams in Tanzania
Hydroelectric power stations in Tanzania
Pangani basin
Buildings and structures in the Kilimanjaro Region
Important Bird Areas of Tanzania
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