Lake Alajuela
Lake Alajuela is an artificial lake in the Chagres River basin. The lake is bounded by the Madden Dam and linked to the Panama Canal. Lake Alajuela serves as a reservoir for the canal, which lies to the lake's southwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Reservoir
- Description: reservoir in Panama
- Also known as: “Lago Alajuela” and “Madden Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nuevo Vigía and Calzada Larga.
Nuevo Vigía
Village
Nuevo Vigía is a town in the Colón province of Panama. Nuevo Vigía is situated 4 km west of Lake Alajuela.
Calzada Larga
Hamlet
Calzada Larga is a town in the Panamá Province of Panama, 20 kilometres north of Panama City. Calzada Larga is situated 7 km south of Lake Alajuela.
Caimitillo
Town
Caimitillo is a town and corregimiento in the Panamá Province of Panama. It was separated from Chilibre corregimiento in 2012, and had a population of 34,097 in the 2023 census. Caimitillo is situated 9 km southeast of Lake Alajuela.
Lake Alajuela
- Category: body of water
- Location: Panama, Central America, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Alajuela from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake Alajuela” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Liqeni Alajuela”
- Arabic: “ألاخويلا (بحيرة)”
- Arabic: “ألاخويلا”
- Cebuano: “Lago Alajuela”
- Czech: “Alajuela”
- Dutch: “Madden Dam”
- Dutch: “Maddendam”
- Esperanto: “Alajuela Lago”
- French: “lac Alajuela”
- French: “Lac Alajuela”
- German: “Alajuelasee”
- Hungarian: “Alajuela-tó”
- Hungarian: “Lago Alajuela”
- Italian: “lago Alajuela”
- Japanese: “アラフエラ湖”
- Polish: “Alajuela (jezioro)”
- Polish: “Alajuela”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alajuela (jezero)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Alajuela”
- Slovenian: “Alajuelsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Lago Alajuela”
- Spanish: “Lago Alhajuela”
- Welsh: “Llyn Alajuela”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Quebrada Tranquilla and Campana.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Punta Mala and Punta del Ñopo.
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