Cerrón Grande Dam
The Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Dam spans the Lempa River 78 km north of San Salvador in the municipalities of Potonico, and Jutiapa in El Salvador. The concrete gravity dam has a height of 90 m and a length of 800 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Industrial building
- Description: dam in Chalatenango (El Salvador)
- Also known as: “Central Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande”, “Cerron Grande Dam”, and “Planta Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande”
- Address: Chalatenango
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Potonico and Jutiapa.
Potonico
Town
Photo: Huberto Contreras, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Potonico is a district in the municipality of Chalatenango Sur in the Chalatenango Department of El Salvador. Potonico is limited to the north by San Miguel de Mercedes, to the northwest by San Antonio Los Ranchos, to the east by San José Cancasque, to the southeast by Jutiapa, to the south and southwest by Cinquera, to the west and northwest by San Luis del Carmen. Potonico is situated 3 km north of Cerrón Grande Dam.
Jutiapa
Town
Jutiapa is a district in the Cabañas Department of El Salvador. Its population was over 7000 inhabitants for the year 2015. Jutiapa is situated 5 km south of Cerrón Grande Dam.
San José Cancasque
Town
San José Cancasque is a district in the Chalatenango Department of El Salvador. San José Cancasque is situated 7 km northeast of Cerrón Grande Dam.
Cerrón Grande Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, building, and industry
- Location: Cabañas Department, El Salvador, Central America, North America
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Latitude
13.93862° or 13° 56′ 19″ northLongitude
-88.90144° or 88° 54′ 5″ westElevation
310 metres (1,017 feet)Operator
CELOpen location code
765HW3QX+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 243758292OpenStreetMap feature
building=industrialGeoNames ID
3587105Wikidata ID
Q3433688
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Cerrón Grande Dam” goes by many names.
- French: “barrage hydroélectrique de Cerrón Grande”
- French: “Barrage hydroélectrique de Cerrón Grande”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique Cerrón Grande”
- German: “Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande”
- Italian: “diga di Cerrón Grande”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cerron Grande-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cerrón Grande-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Cerrón Grande-demningen”
- Persian: “سد سرن گراند”
- Spanish: “Central Hidroelectrica Cerron Grande”
- Spanish: “Central Hidroelectrica Cerrón Grande”
- Spanish: “Central Hidroeléctrica Cerron Grande”
- Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Серрон-Гранде”
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