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The Hemrin Dam is a dam on the Diyala River 100 km northeast of Baghdad Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is flood control irrigation and hydroelectric generation. Its power station has a 50 MW capacity. The dam and the attached power house were built in years 1976-1981 by the then Yugoslav company GIK Hidrogradnja (of Sarajevo now Bosnia-Herzegovina). All the equipment (gates turbines generators) were also supplied by the then-Yugoslav companies.
