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    Afobaka is a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. Between 1960 and 1964, the 1913 meter-long Afobaka Dam was built on the Suriname River, creating...
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    The Afobaka Dam is an embankment dam with a main gravity dam section on the Suriname River near Afobaka in Brokopondo District of Suriname. The primary...
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  • Afobaka Airstrip (ICAO: SMAF) is an airstrip near Afobaka, a village in the Brokopondo District of Suriname. The airstrip is primarily used for emergency...
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    one percent of the country. The reservoir was created by constructing Afobaka Dam across the Suriname River between 1961 and 1964. The dam spanning the...
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    Brokopondo Reservoir. The Brokopondo Reservoir is a large reservoir near Afobaka which was built between 1961 and 1964, and produces hydroelectric power...
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    several sets of rapids as well as a few dams, the largest of which is the Afobaka Dam. The river's flow is interrupted by the Brokopondo Reservoir, which...
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    is located on the west shore of the Suriname river, just north of the Afobaka dam, 105 kilometers (65 miles) south-east of Suriname capital city of Paramaribo...
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    the Brokopondo Reservoir, which was constructed by the closure of the Afobaka Dam on February 1, 1964, for energy generation for the production of aluminium...
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    Power Plant) 1,800 Hydro Suriname Afobaka 4°58′56″N 54°59′32″W / 4.98222°N 54.99222°W / 4.98222; -54.99222 (Afobaka Dam) 180 Hydro Sweden Forsmark 60°24′12″N...
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  • Dam (shared with Argentina) Antamina Tailings Dam Limon Dam Upamayu Dam Afobaka Dam Brokopondo Reservoir Salto Grande (shared with Argentina) Caruachi...
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    Avobakaweg is a paved 2-lane road connecting Paranam with Afobaka, the location of the Afobaka Dam. The road connects northwards to Paramaribo and the East-West...
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    River. In 1965, the village was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. The village was founded in the interior of Suriname by runaway slaves...
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    service on commercial airlines. Airports with unverified coordinates: Alupi Afobaka Alalapadu Albina Amotopo Apetina Avanavero Bakhuis Tabiki Antino Botopasi...
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  • Brokopondo and Para. But also the protection of important objects such as the Afobaka Dam or the bridge over the Coppename River in Bitagron belong to the protective...
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    fled across the border to French Guiana. On 1 June 1989 rebels captured Afobaka Dam, Suriname's main hydroelectric plant, and threatened to flood the capital...
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    v t e Airports in Suriname Afobaka Alalapadu Albina Amatopo Anapaike Apoera Bakhuys Benzdorp Apetina Avanavero Botopasi Cabana Cayana Coeroenie Cottica...
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    located in the Para District of Suriname. After the completion of the Afobaka Dam in 1964, the Sara Creek flows into the Brokopondo Reservoir. In 1876...
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  • was flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. The transmigration village of Nieuw-Lombe was founded in 1964, because...
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    airstrip maintenance and lighting. Rosebel's power is sourced from the nearby Afobaka Dam and from a diesel generation plant. In June 2013, IAMGOLD and the government...
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  • States Oahe Dam Missouri River 1,515 585 Brokopondo Reservoir  Suriname Afobaka Dam Suriname River 1,500 580 Furnas Reservoir  Brazil Furnas Dam Grande...
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  • shut down and a citywide blackout to occur in Paramaribo because of the Afobaka dam losing power. The next month, in February, the Moengo powerhouse would...
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  • was flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. The transmigration village of Nieuw-Koffiekamp was founded in 1964...
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    v t e Airports in Suriname Afobaka Alalapadu Albina Amatopo Anapaike Apoera Bakhuys Benzdorp Apetina Avanavero Botopasi Cabana Cayana Coeroenie Cottica...
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    beach in the Brokopondo District in Suriname. On 1 February 1964, the Afobaka Dam was built to provide hydro-electricity. This resulted in the creation...
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    December. In 1965, Koffiekamp was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. The villagers were resettled in Nieuw-Koffiekamp, Marshallkreek and...
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  • v t e Airports in Suriname Afobaka Alalapadu Albina Amatopo Anapaike Apoera Bakhuys Benzdorp Apetina Avanavero Botopasi Cabana Cayana Coeroenie Cottica...
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  • v t e Airports in Suriname Afobaka Alalapadu Albina Amatopo Anapaike Apoera Bakhuys Benzdorp Apetina Avanavero Botopasi Cabana Cayana Coeroenie Cottica...
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  • maroons. The village was flooded in 1964 after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. Abontjeman used to have a train station on the Lawa Railway. In the...
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    creek. A large part of Sarakreek was flooded after the construction of the Afobaka Dam, and the villages which were lost in the Brokopondo Reservoir were...
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  • was flooded by the Brokopondo Reservoir after the construction of the Afobaka Dam. The village was built in 1964 on a site which had been previously...
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