Itaipu Dam
The Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River located on the border between Brazil and Paraguay. It is the third largest hydroelectric dam in the world, and holds the 45th largest reservoir in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airfield
- Description: hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
- Also known as: “Central Hidroeléctrica ITAIPU”, “ITAIPU Dam”, and “Itaipu Power Plant”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Itaipu Airport.
Itaipu Airport
Aerodrome
Itaipu Airport is an airport serving the city of Hernandarias in Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay. The Itaipu non-directional beacon is located on the field.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hernandarias.
Hernandarias
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Hernandarias is a district and city of the Alto Paraná Department. It is 349 km from Asunción, and is known as the "Latin American Capital of Electric Power". It had a population of about 80,000 in 2008.
Itaipu Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, transborder building, buttress dam, gravity dam, hydroelectric power station, and transportation
- Location: Hernandarias, Alto Paraná Department, Paraguay, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Itaipu Dam” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد إيتايبو”
- Armenian: “Իտայպու”
- Asturian: “Itaipú”
- Basque: “Itaipuko presa”
- Belarusian: “Ітайпу”
- Bengali: “ইতাইপু বাঁধ”
- Bhojpuri: “इताइपू बान्ह”
- Bulgarian: “Итаипу”
- Bulgarian: “Итайпу”
- Burmese: “အီတိုင်ပူ ရေကာတာကြီး”
- Catalan: “Itaipú”
- Catalan: “Represa Itaipú”
- Chinese: “伊泰普大壩”
- Chinese: “伊泰普水电站”
- Chinese: “伊泰普水電站”
- Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Itaipu”
- Czech: “Itaipú”
- Dhivehi: “Itaipu”
- Dhivehi: “އިޓައިޕޫ ޑޭމު”
- Dutch: “Itaipu dam”
- Dutch: “Itaipudam”
- Dutch: “Itaipúdam”
- Esperanto: “Itaipu”
- Esperanto: “Itajpu”
- Esperanto: “Itajpuo”
- Finnish: “Itaipun padon vesivoimalaitos”
- Finnish: “Itaipun pato”
- Finnish: “Itaipun voimalaitos”
- French: “barrage d’Itaipu”
- French: “Barrage d’Itaipu”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique d’Itaipu”
- French: “Itaipu Binacional”
- French: “Itaipu”
- Galician: “Encoro hidroeléctrico de Itaipú”
- Georgian: “იტაიპუს კაშხალი”
- Georgian: “იტაიპუს ჰიდროელექტროსადგური”
- German: “Itaipu-Damm”
- German: “Itaipú-Damm”
- German: “Itaipu-Staumauer”
- German: “Itaipú-Staumauer”
- German: “Itaipu”
- German: “Itaipú”
- Greek: “φράγμα Ιταϊπού”
- Greek: “Φράγμα Ιταϊπού”
- Guarani: “Yjoko Itaipu”
- Hebrew: “סכר איטאיפו”
- Hebrew: “סכר איטייפו”
- Hindi: “इटाइपू बाँध”
- Hungarian: “Itaipu-vízerőmű”
- Ido: “Aquobarilo Itaipu”
- Ido: “Itaipu aquobarilo”
- Indonesian: “Bendungan Itaipu”
- Irish: “Damba Itaipú”
- Italian: “diga di Itaipú”
- Italian: “Diga di Itaipú”
- Japanese: “イタイプー・ダム”
- Japanese: “イタイプダム”
- Korean: “이타이푸 댐”
- Latvian: “Itaipu aizsprosts”
- Lithuanian: “Itaipu hidroelektrinė”
- Lithuanian: “Itaipu”
- Macedonian: “Итаипу”
- Malayalam: “ഇതയ്പു അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Malayalam: “ഇറ്റായ്പു അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Malayalam: “ഇറ്റെയ്പു അണക്കെട്ട്”
- Marathi: “इटाइपू धरण”
- Mazanderani: “ایتایپو سد”
- Nepali: “इताइपु बाँध”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipu-dammen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipu-demninga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipu-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipú-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipú”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipudemningen”
- Norwegian: “Itaipu-demningen”
- Persian: “سد ایتایپو”
- Polish: “Hidroelétrica de Itaipú”
- Polish: “Itaipu”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Itaipú”
- Portuguese: “Binacional de Itaipu”
- Portuguese: “Hidrelétrica de Itaipu”
- Portuguese: “Represa de Itaipu”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica Binacional de Itaipu”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu”
- Russian: “ГЭС Итайпý”
- Russian: “Итайпу-Бинасионал”
- Russian: “Итайпу”
- Serbian: “Itaipu”
- Serbian: “Итаипу”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Itaipu”
- Slovak: “Itaipu”
- Slovak: “Itaipú”
- Slovenian: “ITAIPU Binacional”
- Slovenian: “jez Itaipu”
- Slovenian: “Jez Itaipu”
- Slovenian: “jez Itaipú”
- Spanish: “Central Hidroeléctrica ITAIPU”
- Spanish: “Itaipu Binacional”
- Spanish: “ITAIPU Binacional”
- Spanish: “Itaipú Binacional”
- Spanish: “Itaipu”
- Spanish: “Itaipú”
- Spanish: “Presa de Itaipu”
- Spanish: “Presa de ITAIPU”
- Spanish: “Presa de Itaipú”
- Spanish: “Represa binacional de Itaipu”
- Spanish: “Represa binacional de Itaipú”
- Spanish: “Represa de Itaipu”
- Spanish: “Represa de ITAIPU”
- Spanish: “Represa de Itaipú”
- Spanish: “Represa Hidroelectrica de Itaipu”
- Spanish: “Represa Hidroelectrica de Itaipú”
- Spanish: “Represa Hidroeléctrica de Itaipu”
- Spanish: “Represa Hidroeléctrica de Itaipú”
- Swedish: “Itaipu-dammen”
- Swedish: “Itaipu”
- Thai: “เขื่อนอิไตปู”
- Thai: “อิไตปู”
- Turkish: “Itaipu Barajı”
- Turkish: “İtaipu Barajı”
- Ukrainian: “Гребля Ітайпу”
- Ukrainian: “Ітайпу”
- Vietnamese: “Đập Itaipu”
- “इताइपू बान्ह”
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