# Hemrin Dam

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{{Infobox dam
| name = Hemrin Dam
| name_official = Hemrin Dam
| image = Hemrin Dam Upstream USACE NWD.jpg
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| image_caption = Upstream side of the dam
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| location_map = Iraq
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| coordinates = {{coord|34|06|52|N|44|58|04|E|region:IQ_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}
| country = [Iraq](/source/Iraq)
| location = 100 km northeast of [Baghdad, Iraq](/source/Baghdad%2C_Iraq), [Diyala Governorate](/source/Diyala_Governorate), [Iraq](/source/Iraq)
| status = O
| construction_began = 1976
| opening = 1981
| demolished = 
| cost = 
| owner = [Ministry of Water Resources](/source/Ministry_of_Water_Resources_(Iraq))
| dam_type = 
| dam_height = {{Convert|53|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| dam_height_foundation = 
| dam_length = {{Convert|3360|m|ft|abbr=on}}
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| dam_crosses = [Diyala River](/source/Diyala_River)
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| res_name = Hemrin Reservoir
| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|2040000000|m3|acre.ft|abbr=on}}
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| plant_operator = 
| plant_commission = 1981
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| plant_turbines = 
| plant_capacity = 50 MW
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The '''Hemrin Dam''' is a [dam](/source/dam) on the [Diyala River](/source/Diyala_River) 100&nbsp;km northeast of [Baghdad, Iraq](/source/Baghdad%2C_Iraq). The main purpose of the dam is flood control, irrigation and hydroelectric generation. Its power station has a 50 MW capacity. The dam and the attached power house were built in years 1976-1981 by the then Yugoslav company GIK Hidrogradnja (of Sarajevo, now Bosnia-Herzegovina). All the equipment (gates, turbines, generators) were also supplied by the then-Yugoslav companies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Energy and Hydroelectric Power |url=http://www.mowr.gov.iq:81/english/essay.htm |publisher=Iraq Ministry of Water Resources |accessdate=12 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325153220/http://www.mowr.gov.iq:81/english/essay.htm |archivedate=25 March 2012 }}</ref>

A large [archaeological salvage operation](/source/Rescue_archaeology) was undertaken to excavate archaeological sites that were at risk of flooding once the reservoir (now [Hamrin Lake](/source/Lake_Hamrin)) would start to fill. Sites that were excavated as part of this operation included [Tell Madhur](/source/Tell_Madhur), [Tell Suleimah](/source/Tell_Suleimah), [Tell Rashid](/source/Tell_Rashid), [Tell Saadiya](/source/Tell_Saadiya), [Tell Yelkhi](/source/Tell_Yelkhi), and [Tell Abada](/source/Tell_Abada).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jasim|first=Sabah Abboud|date=1983|title=Notes on the excavation at Tell Rashid, Iraq|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/paleo_0153-9345_1983_num_9_1_4336|journal=Paléorient|volume=9|issue=1|pages=99–103|doi=10.3406/paleo.1983.4336}}</ref> One member of the team was the former director of the Iraq Museum, [Nawala Al-Mutawalli](/source/Nawala_Al-Mutawalli).<ref name=":2">{{Citation |last=Al-Mutawalli |first=Nawala A. |title=The Story of Nawala A. Al-Mutawalli, a Woman Archaeologist from Iraq |date=2023 |work=Women in Archaeology |pages=401–411 |editor-last=López Varela |editor-first=Sandra L. |url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-031-27650-7_20 |access-date=2025-03-23 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-3-031-27650-7_20 |isbn=978-3-031-27649-1 |last2=López Varela |first2=Sandra L.|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==See also==
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* [List of dams and reservoirs in Iraq](/source/List_of_dams_and_reservoirs_in_Iraq)
* [List of power stations in Iraq](/source/List_of_power_stations_in_Iraq)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Dams in Iraq
Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Iraq
Category:Earth-filled dams
Category:Dams completed in 1981
Category:Dams on the Diyala (Sirwan) River
Category:1981 establishments in Iraq
Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1981

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