Great Pumping Station

Sudan / as-Samaliyah / Wadi Hhalfa /

Was constructed between 1998 and 2003.
One of the world's largest pumping station with a water supply capacity of 334 tons per second.
Located along the shores of the Naser Lake, which was created by the construction of the famous Aswan Dam, this pumping station is a project in which Hitachi, Ltd. installed 21 large vertical centrifugalvolute pumps with the capacity to draw 29 million cubic meters of water per day and supply it to the desert area. About 2,250 square kilometers of land are to be greened through this project,
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Coordinates:   22°38'13"N   31°51'29"E
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