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Soviet Financed Dam To Transform Syria’s Euphrates Valley
In Syria the $600 million al Tabqa dam on the Euphrates is planned as the nation’s largest development project. The first stage aims to boost national income by $200 million, irrigate 1.5 million acres, create up to 181,000 jobs by 1990, and support a 800 kilowatt power plant. The project, funded mainly by Moscow, involves 53,000 to 60,000 farming families and a 400 square mile reservoir, with construction to begin early March marking Syria’s fifth-year Baath revolution.
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Farouk Nassar
Aswan
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Euphates
Syria
al Tabqa
Euphrates
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Turkey
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