| Jilintai Dam | |
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| Country | China |
| Location | Nilka |
| Coordinates | |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 2001 |
| Opening date | 2005 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
| Height | 157 m (515 ft) |
| Length | 445 m (1,460 ft) |
| Volume | 8,360,000 m3 (10,934,467 cu yd) |
| Impounds | Kashgar River |
| Type of spillway | Open hole tunnel |
| Spillway capacity | 876 m3/s (30,936 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Capacity | 2,530,000,000 m3 (2,051,104 acre·ft) |
| Active capacity | 1,700,000,000 m3 (1,378,212 acre·ft) |
| Power station | |
| Turbines | 4 x 115 MW Francis-type |
| Installed capacity | 460 MW |
The Jilintai I Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill embankment dam on the Kashgar River, 29 km (18 mi) east of Nilka in Xinjiang, China. The dam was constructed between 2001 and 2005 for several purposes but mainly hydroelectric power generation. It supports a 460 MW power station. The Jilintai I is the first of 10 dam projects on the Kashgar.[1][2][3] Construction of Jilintai II, directly downstream, begin in May 2008 and the 50 MW power station was commissioned in October 2010. The project, including the diversion dam, was complete in April 2011.[4]