Madden Dam
Madden Dam, completed in 1935, impounds the Chagres River in Panama to form Lake Alajuela, a reservoir that is an essential part of the Panama Canal drainage basin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Panama
- Also known as: “Represa Madden”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nuevo Vigía and Nuevo San Juan.
Nuevo Vigía
Village
Nuevo Vigía is a town in the Colón province of Panama. Nuevo Vigía is situated 3½ km north of Madden Dam.
Nuevo San Juan
Village
Nuevo San Juan is a town in the Colón province of Panama. Nuevo San Juan is situated 5 km west of Madden Dam.
Chilibre
Town
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Chilibre is a town and corregimiento in Panamá District, Panamá Province, Panama with a population of 53,955 as of 2010. Its population as of 1990 was 27,135; its population as of 2000 was 40,475. Chilibre is situated 7 km south of Madden Dam.
Madden Dam
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Panama, Central America, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Madden Dam” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Presa de Madden”
- Italian: “diga di Madden”
- Japanese: “マッデンダム”
- Slovenian: “Maddenov jez”
- Spanish: “Represa del Lago Alajuela”
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