The Dukan Dam is a multi-purpose concrete arch dam in As Sulaymaniyah Governorate Iraq. It impounds the Little Zab thereby creating Lake Dukan. The Dukan Dam was built between 1954 and 1959 whereas its power station became fully operational in 1979. The dam is 360 metres (1180 ft) long and 116.5 metres (382 ft) high and its hydroelectric power station has a maximum capacity of 400 MW.
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