Three Gorges Dam

Three Gorges Dam is geographically located at latitude 30° 49' 23" North of the Equator and longitude 111° 0' 11" East of the Prime Meridian on the Map of World. The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River. The Dam is located by the town of Sandouping, in Yiling District, Yichang, Hubei province of China. The dam body was completed in 2006. The Three Gorges Dam power plant was completed in 2012. China regards the Three Gorges Dam project as a monumental social and economical success. In 1999, at the peak of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, over 40,000 workers lived in Sandouping city. The following locations related to it are represented by the shortest distances between two points on Earth and may not be nearest by road.

Three Gorges Dam

San-tou-p'ing, Hubei

Santowping, Hubei

San-yu-p'ing, Hubei

Le-t'ien-hsi, Hubei

Lien-t'o, Hubei

T'ai-p'ing-ch'i, Hubei

T'ai-p'ing-ch'i-shih, Hubei

Taipingki, Hubei

P'ing-shan-pa, Hubei

Hsi-ling Hsia, Hubei (gorge)

Ichang Gorge, Hubei (gorge)

I-ch'ang Hsia, Hubei (gorge)

Kao-chia-yen, Hubei

Daqiaobian, Hubei

Ta-ch'iao-pien, Hubei

Hsia-pao-p'ing, Hubei

Hsia-p'u-p'ing, Hubei

Nan-chin-kuan, Hubei

Hsiang-ch'i, Hubei

Hsiang-hsi, Hubei

Ho-chia-p'ing, Hubei

I-chang, Hubei

I-ch'ang-hsien, Hubei

I-ch'ang-shih, Hubei

MACAU

HONG KONG

CHINA

TAIWAN

LAO (PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

VIETNAM (SOCIALIST REPUBLIC)

BURMA

SOUTH KOREA