Shwegyin Dam

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| name = Shwegyin Dam

| name_official = {{langx|my|ရွှေကျင် တာတမံ}}

| image = Shwegyin hps5.jpg

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| location_map = Myanmar

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| coordinates = {{coord|17|58|15.60|N|96|56|09.79|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| country = Myanmar

| location = Shwegyin Township, Bago Region

| purpose = P

| status = O

| construction_began = 2002

| opening = {{Start date and age|2011}}

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| owner = Ministry of Electric Power

| dam_type = Embankment, rock-fill

| dam_crosses = Shwegyin River

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| dam_height = {{Convert|56.5|m|abbr=on}}

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| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|2078|e6m3|acre.ft|abbr=on}}

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| res_catchment = {{Convert|878|km2|abbr=on}}

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| plant_commission = 2010-2011

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| plant_turbines = 4 x {{convert|18.75|MW|abbr=on}} Francis-type

| plant_hydraulic_head ={{Convert|41.4|m|abbr=on}}

| plant_capacity = {{convert|75|MW|abbr=on}}

| plant_annual_gen = {{convert|262|GWh|abbr=on}}

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The Shwegyin Dam is a rock-fill dam on the Shwegyin River in Shwegyin Township of the Bago Region located in the southern central part of Burma. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it has a {{convert|75|MW}} power station just below its base. Construction on the dam began in 2002, the first generator was operational in December 2010 and it was formally opened on 22 October 2011. It is owned by the Ministry of Electric Power and cost US$161 million to construct.{{cite web|title=Hydropower Generation Enterprise |url=http://www.ubifrance.com/medias/press/hpge_9_7_2013_28_34.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Electric Power|accessdate=13 March 2014|date=2 July 2013}}{{cite web|title=Ceremony Held for the Full Operation of Shwegyin Hydropower Station in Myanmar|url=http://www.gzbgj.com/english/article.aspx?menuid=1385&tab=tab_e&tabid=1375|publisher=China Gezhouba (Group) Corporation|accessdate=14 March 2014|date=27 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314035130/http://www.gzbgj.com/english/article.aspx?menuid=1385&tab=tab_e&tabid=1375|archivedate=14 March 2014}}{{cite web |title=Myanmar Shwegyin HPP |url=http://en.msdi.cn/69838_1.view |publisher=Hydrochina Zhongnan Engineering Corporation |accessdate=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314044547/http://en.msdi.cn/69838_1.view |archivedate=14 March 2014 }}