# Sebakwe Dam

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**Sebakwe Dam** is a dam in the [Midlands Province](/source/Midlands_(Zimbabwe)) of [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe). It was built in 1957 and owned by the Zimbabwe government. It is across [Sebakwe River](/source/Sebakwe_River) in the [Sanyati Catchment Area](/source/Munyati_River).

It has a full capacity of 266 [megalitres](/source/Litre) which makes it one of the largest inland dams of [Zimbabwe](/source/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.[1][2][3]

In 1957 Sebakwe Dam was the second largest dam in [Southern Rhodesia](/source/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.[4]

## Operations

It supplies water to [Kwekwe](/source/Kwekwe) and [Redcliff](/source/Redcliff,_Zimbabwe), and for irrigation.[5]

## See also

- [Sebakwe River](/source/Sebakwe_River)
- [Globe and Phoenix Mine](/source/Globe_and_Phoenix_Mine)
- [Gaika Mine](/source/Gaika_Mine)
- [Kwekwe](/source/Kwekwe)

## References

1. ["Info"](http://www.zimparks.org/index.php/parks-overview/recreational/sebakwe%7CSebakwe). *zimparks.org*. Retrieved 19 February 2024.[dead link]

1. ["Kariba Angling Society"](https://www.geocities.ws/karibaangling/mapsebak.html). *geocities.ws*. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

1. ["State of Major Dams Report"](http://www.cfuzim.org/~cfuzimb/images/damstat10314.pdf). Zimbabwe National Water Authority. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181024133911/http://www.cfuzim.org/~cfuzimb/images/damstat10314.pdf) 24 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

1. Polisensky, Diana (4 March 2011). ["A Contribution Not Etched In Stone"](http://www.oncecalledhome.com/2011/03/a-contribution-not-etched-in-stone-2/). *Once Called Home*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210121023904/http://www.oncecalledhome.com/2011/03/a-contribution-not-etched-in-stone-2/) 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

1. ["Rhodesia's Dams"](http://rhodesianheritage.blogspot.com/2011/01/rhodesias-dams.html). *Our Rhodesian Heritage*. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

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