Tendaho Dam

{{Short description|Dam in Afar, Ethiopia}}

{{Infobox dam

| name = Tendaho Irrigation Dam

| image =

| image_caption = Tendaho Irrigation Dam

| location_map = Ethiopia

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| coordinates = {{coord|11.6913|N|40.9546|E|region:ET-AF_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

| country = Ethiopia

| location = Afar, Northern Ethiopia

| status = O

| construction_began = 2005

| opening = 2014

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| owner = Ethiopia

| dam_type = Embankment, earth-fill

| dam_crosses = Awash River

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| res_capacity_total = {{convert|.186|km3|acre feet|abbr=on|0}}

| dam_length = 412 meter

| dam_height = 53 meter

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| plant_operator = Ethiopian Construction Works Corporation

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Tendaho Dam is an earth-filled dam in the eastern Afar Region of Ethiopia. It is situated on the Awash River, and its reservoir also receives the output of the Mille River. The dam is a project of the Ethiopian Water Works Construction Enterprise (EWWCE). Project planning began in 2005, with construction occurring from 2010 to 2014. The dam is aimed at providing irrigation primarily for the Tendaho Sugar Factory sugar cane plantation.,[http://allafrica.com/stories/201407290728.html Ethiopia: Tendaho Dam Construction Reaches 98 Percent, July 2014] as well as drinking water for the region. Out of the 60,000 hectares of land planned to be irrigated, 10,000 would be allotted for social services and the community, and the remaining 50,000 hectares for cultivating sugar cane for the sugar factory.

The nearest towns are Logiya, situated just north of the dam, and Semera, which has an airstrip (Semera Airport) and a university.