Khanpur Dam

{{Short description|Dam, lake, and tourist site near Islamabad, Pakistan}}

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| name = Khanpur Dam

| name_official = {{Nq|خان پور ڈیم}}

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| coordinates = {{Coord|33.807|72.936|type:landmark_region:PK|display=inline,title}}

| country = Pakistan

| location = Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

| purpose = Supply of drinking and irrigation water to the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area

| status = Operational

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| opening = 1984

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| cost = {{Currency|1.385 billion|PKR|first=.|linked=|fmt=|passthrough=yes}}
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The Khanpur Dam is located on the Haro River in Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about 50 km from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wapda.gov.pk/index.php/projects/water-sector/o-m/khanpur-dam|title=Khanpur Dam|website=www.wapda.gov.pk|access-date=4 March 2020}} It forms Khanpur Lake, a reservoir that supplies drinking water to Islamabad and Rawalpindi and irrigation water to many of the agricultural and industrial areas surrounding the cities.

The dam was completed in 1983 after a 15-year construction period, at a cost of {{Currency|1,385.1 million|PKR|first=|linked=|fmt=|passthrough=yes}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.generalknowledgeurdu.com/how-many-dams-in-pakistan-here-is-a-list-of-dams-in-pakistan/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806185922/https://www.generalknowledgeurdu.com/how-many-dams-in-pakistan-here-is-a-list-of-dams-in-pakistan/|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 August 2020|title=How many Dams in Pakistan? Here is a list of Dams in Pakistan|date=18 January 2020|website=General Knowledge Urdu|access-date=4 March 2020}} It is {{Convert|51|m|ft|abbr=on}} high and stores {{convert|79,980|acre.ft|m3|abbr=}} of water.{{cite web|url=https://www.generalknowledgeurdu.com/how-many-dams-in-pakistan-here-is-a-list-of-dams-in-pakistan/|title=List of Dams in Pakistan|publisher=Overseas Pakistanis Foundation|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620100825/http://www.opf.org.pk/almanac/D/dams.htm|archive-date=20 June 2006|access-date=30 October 2006}}