Letsibogo Dam | |
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Country | Botswana |
Location | Urban water supply |
Coordinates | 21°50′41″S 27°44′05″E / 21.844819°S 27.734608°E |
Opening date | 2000 |
Dam and spillways | |
Height | 28 metres (92 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 100,000,000 cubic metres (3.5×109 cu ft) |
Surface area | 18 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi) |
The Letsibogo Dam is a dam on the Motloutse River in Botswana, built to initially provide water to the industrial town of Selebi-Phikwe and surrounding areas, with the potential for use in irrigation.[1] The dam now supplies Gaborone, the capital of the country, via a 400 kilometres (250 mi) pipeline, as well as major villages along the pipeline route.[2]