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ALGERIA

BOUKHROUFA

DAM

Project Manager: Cumhur Tufan BOZ

East Regional Manager of ANBT, Governer of El Tarf, Nurettin DEMİR(Algeria
Regional Manager)

The Boukhroufa Dam is located at the eastern part of Algeria, 20
km. south of the city of El Tarf near the border of Tunisia. The
dam with the storage capacity of 90 million m will meet the
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requirements of the region for irrigation of the agricultural lands
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The dam body shall have a crest length of 880 m and a height of
90 m above the foundation. The dam embankment consists of a
total earth-moving volume of 7.000.000 m. The project includes
a diversion gallery of 280 m length, 900 m injection galleries,
80.000 m concrete and 30.000 m drilling for the grout curtain.
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As being a very important milestone for construction of the dam,
the river diversion has been realized on 31.01.2017, as stipulated by
the Employer, at a ceramony with participation of the Governer of
El Tarf and the high rank authorities of the city and the Employer.
The fill placement for the main dam and injection gallery works
are carried on.

Capital City : Algeria
Official Language : Arabic
Governance : Republic
Surface Area : 2.381.741 km
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Population : 34.895.000
Currency : Algerian Dinar

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