Hemrin Dam

	Upstream side of the dam
	Location of in Iraq
Official name	Hemrin Dam
Country	Iraq
Location	100 km northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Diyala Governorate, Iraq
Coordinates	34°06′52″N 44°58′04″E / 34.11444°N 44.96778°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1976
Opening date	1981
Owner(s)	Ministry of Water Resources
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Diyala River
Height	53 m (174 ft)
Length	3,360 m (11,020 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Hemrin Reservoir
Total capacity	2,040,000,000 m3 (1,650,000 acre⋅ft)
Power Station
Commission date	1981
Installed capacity	50 MW

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.^[1]

A large archaeological salvage operation was undertaken to excavate archaeological sites that were at risk of flooding once the reservoir (now Hamrin Lake) would start to fill. Sites that were excavated as part of this operation included Tell Madhur, Tell Rashid, Tell Saadiya, Tell Yelkhi, and Tell Abada.^[2]