Nam Ngum 1 Dam

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Nam Ngum 1 Dam is a major hydroelectric dam in Laos that forms the Nam Ngum Reservoir and plays a key role in the country’s power generation and regional electricity exports.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nam Ngum 1 Dam canonical 6
“Ngum River” in Lao 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry Laos ⓘ
commissioned 1971 ⓘ
constructionBegan 1968 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Laos ⓘ
damMaterial concrete ⓘ
damType gravity dam ⓘ
energySectorRole key asset in Laos power generation ⓘ
expanded 1984 ⓘ
1988 ⓘ
exportsElectricityTo Thailand ⓘ
forms Nam Ngum Reservoir ⓘ
gridConnection Laos national grid ⓘ
hasSpillway yes ⓘ
impact enables regional power trade ⓘ
supports economic development in Laos ⓘ
installedCapacity 155 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Vientiane Province ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Nam Ngum River ⓘ
nearCity Vang Vieng ⓘ
Vientiane ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 5 ⓘ
openingYear 1971 ⓘ
operator Électricité du Laos ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Laos ⓘ
partOf Nam Ngum hydropower cascade ⓘ
primaryEnergySource hydropower ⓘ
purpose electricity export ⓘ
flood control ⓘ
irrigation support ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
reservoirName Nam Ngum Reservoir ⓘ
reservoirSurfaceArea about 370 km² ⓘ
reservoirUse fisheries ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
riverBasin Mekong River basin ⓘ
linked to: Mekong River
significance first large-scale hydropower project in Laos ⓘ
major source of foreign exchange earnings for Laos ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
supportsActivity aquaculture ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
watercourse Nam Ngum River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nam Ngum River → hasHydropowerDam → Nam Ngum 1 Dam ⓘ
Nam Ngum 2 Dam → upstreamFrom → Nam Ngum 1 Dam ⓘ
Nam Ngum 3 Dam → relatedTo → Nam Ngum 1 Dam ⓘ
Nam Ngum 4 Dam → relatedTo → Nam Ngum 1 Dam ⓘ
Nam Ngum → hasDam → Nam Ngum 1 Dam ⓘ
Nam Ngum → hasNameMeaning → “Ngum River” in Lao ⓘ
linked to: Nam Ngum 1 Dam