Barro Blanco Dam
Barro Blanco is a gravity dam on the Tabasara River in the Chiriqui Province of Panama. It began generating in 2017 with capacity of 28.56 MW. Although the government had authorized the dam, it suspended construction in February 2015 after protests.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 260 metres (850 feet)
- Description: dam in Panama
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bakama and El Piro.
Bakama
Village
Bakama is a corregimiento in Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca in the Republic of Panama.
El Piro
Village
El Piro is a corregimiento in Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca in the Republic of Panama.
9 km east of Barro Blanco Dam
Barro Blanco Dam
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Latitude
8.23593° or 8° 14′ 9″ north
Longitude
-81.61269° or 81° 36′ 46″ west
Open location code
66WW69PP+9W
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Barro Blanco Dam” goes by many names.
Barro BlancoDutch
بارو بلانكوEgyptian Arabic
سد باررو بلانکوPersian
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