Hemrin Dam

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| 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

| location = 100 km northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Diyala Governorate, Iraq

| status = O

| construction_began = 1976

| opening = 1981

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| owner = Ministry of Water Resources

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| dam_height = {{Convert|53|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| dam_length = {{Convert|3360|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| dam_crosses = 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_commission = 1981

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| plant_capacity = 50 MW

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The Hemrin Dam is a dam on the Diyala River 100 km northeast of Baghdad, 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.{{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 }}

A large archaeological salvage operation was undertaken to excavate archaeological sites that were at risk of flooding once the reservoir (now Hamrin Lake) would start to fill. Sites that were excavated as part of this operation included Tell Madhur, Tell Rashid, Tell Saadiya, Tell Yelkhi, and Tell Abada.{{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}} One member of the team was the former director of the Iraq Museum, Nawala Al-Mutawalli.{{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.}}