Guri Dam

The Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant, also Guri Dam, previously known as the Raúl Leoni Hydroelectric Plant, is a concrete gravity and embankment dam in , , on the Caroni River, built from 1963 to 1969.
  • Type: Dam
  • Description: hydroelectric dam on the Caroní River, Venezuela
  • Also known as: Raúl Leoni Dam

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guri.

Town
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Guri Dam

Latitude
7.76567° or 7° 45′ 56″ north
Longitude
-62.99959° or 62° 59′ 59″ west
Elevation
292 metres (958 feet)
Open location code
67VVQ282+75
Geo­Names ID
3639708
Wiki­data ID
Q143529
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Guri Dam” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: Гуры (ГЭС)
  • Belarusian: Гуры
  • Cebuano: Guri
  • Chinese: 古裡水壩
  • Chinese: 古里大壩
  • Chinese: 古里水电站
  • Chinese: 古里水電站
  • Chinese: 古麗水壩
  • Croatian: Hidroelektrana Guri
  • Czech: Vodní elektrárna Guri
  • Dutch: Guridam
  • French: barrage de Guri
  • French: Barrage de Guri
  • German: Guri-Damm
  • Hebrew: סכר גורי
  • Indonesian: Bendungan Guri
  • Italian: diga di Guri
  • Italian: Diga di Guri
  • Korean: 구리 댐
  • Lithuanian: Guri
  • Mazanderani: گوری سد
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Guri-demningen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Guridemninga
  • Norwegian: Guri-demningen
  • Persian: سد گوری
  • Polish: Guri
  • Portuguese: Hidrelétrica de Guri
  • Russian: Гури
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hidroelektrana Guri
  • Slovenian: Jez Guri
  • Spanish: Central Hidroeléctrica Simón Bolívar
  • Spanish: Guri
  • Spanish: Represa del Guri
  • Spanish: Represa Raúl Leoni
  • Ukrainian: Гурі
  • Uzbek: Guri to‘g‘oni
  • Vietnamese: Đập Guri
  • Represa del Guri
  • Represa Raúl Leoni

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