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Dam in Kwekwe District, Zimbabwe
Sebakwe Dam
Sebakwe Dam is located in ZimbabweSebakwe DamLocation in Zimbabwe
LocationKwekwe District, Zimbabwe
Coordinates19°00′48″S 30°12′03″E / 19.01333°S 30.20083°E / -19.01333; 30.20083
PurposeIrrigation/Water supply
Construction began1956
Opening date1957
Owner(s)Ministry of Water Resources and Development (Zimbabwe)
Operator(s)ZINWA
Dam and spillways
Type of damEarth-filled Embankment Dam
ImpoundsSebakwe River
Height (foundation)47 m
Length8 km
Width (crest)2.5 km
Dam volume266 million cubic metres
Reservoir
Surface area2 320 hectares
Supplies Kwekwe and Redcliff

Sebakwe Dam is a dam in the Midlands Province of Zimbabwe. It was built in 1957 and owned by the Zimbabwe government. It is across Sebakwe River in the Sanyati Catchment Area.

It has a full capacity of 266 megalitres which makes it one of the largest inland dams of Zimbabwe. It is 8 kilometres long and its maximum width is 2.5 kilometres; The surface area is 2320 hectares; Its wall is 47 m high and 3 km long.

Background

It was built as a small dam in 1957 and was raised 1986.

In 1957 Sebakwe Dam was the second largest dam in Southern Rhodesia. Its height then was 154 feet high (47 meters). covering an area of 9 square miles (2320 ha) with a capacity of 35 billion imperial gallons.

Operations

It supplies water to Kwekwe and Redcliff, and for irrigation.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Info". zimparks.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Kariba Angling Society". geocities.ws. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ "State of Major Dams Report" (PDF). Zimbabwe National Water Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. Polisensky, Diana (4 March 2011). "A Contribution Not Etched In Stone". Once Called Home. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. "Rhodesia's Dams". Our Rhodesian Heritage. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
Zimbabwe Kwekwe District
Capital: Kwekwe
Dams/reservoirsNgondoma Dam • Sebakwe Dam
RiversKwekwe River • Ngondoma River • Sebakwe River • Sesombe River • Gweru River • Zhombe River
Highways/roadsChemagora-Sidakeni Road • Kwekwe-Gokwe Highway • Masoro Road • Somalala-Sidakeni Road • Zhombe-Sidakeni Road
Museums/monumentsNational Mining Museum, Zimbabwe • Mabura Caves
SettlementsAmaveni • Chicago • Columbina Rural Service Center • Commoner, Empress • Empress Mine • Mbizo • Munyati • Redcliff • Silobela • Zhombe
Health centresKwekwe General Hospital
Irrgation schemesExchange • Ngondoma • Senkwasi
EducationBee Mine Secondary School • Goldridge College • Kwekwe High School • Nyaradzo High School • Samambwa Secondary School • Sidakeni Secondary School • Totororo Secondary School • Zhombe High School
Culture and sportBaghdad Stadium • Kwekwe Sports Club • Lancashire Steel F.C. • Mbizo Stadium
Notable peopleRonald Benade • Blessing Chebundo • Michael Chinouya • Charles Coventry • Chris Duckworth • Terry Duffin • Ahmed Esat • Norman Featherstone • Travis Friend • Learnmore Jongwe • Sam Levy • Henry Madzorera • Morgan Mahanya • Emmerson Mnangagwa • Tongai Moyo • Charles Mudede
ConstituenciesChirumanzu-Zibagwe • Redcliff • Silobela • Zhombe
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