Péligre Dam
The Péligre Dam is a gravity dam located off the Centre department on the Artibonite River of Haiti. At 72 m it is the tallest dam in Haiti. The dam was created as a flood-control and an energy-providing measure in the Artibonite River Valley during the 1950s, as part of the Artibonite Valley Agricultural Project.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: gravity dam
- Also known as: “Barrage de Peligre”, “Peligre Dam”, and “Péligre Hydroelectric Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cange.
Cange
Town
Cange is a small remote village in the Mirebalais Arrondissement, in the Centre department of Haiti. Cange is the location of an American funded hospital, Zanmi Lasante, run by Partners in Health. Cange is situated 6 km northeast of Péligre Dam.
Péligre Dam
- Categories: gravity dam, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Mirebalais Arrondissement, Centre, Haiti, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
18.90063° or 18° 54′ 2″ northLongitude
-72.03955° or 72° 2′ 22″ westElevation
171 metres (561 feet)Open location code
77C9WX26+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 48423602OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
3719126Wikidata ID
Q2885443
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Péligre Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barrage de Péligre”
- French: “Barrage de Péligre”
- French: “Barrage hydro-électrique de Peligre”
- French: “barrage hydroélectrique de Péligre”
- German: “Wasserkraftwerk Péligre”
- Haitian: “Baraj Pelig”
- Hebrew: “סכר פליגרה”
- Japanese: “ぺリグル・ダム”
- Japanese: “ペリグル・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Péligre vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Péligre vannkraftverk”
- Persian: “سد پلیگر”
- Swedish: “Barrage de Péligre”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Пелігр”
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Nearby Places
Explore places such as Centrale hydroélectrique de Péligre and Bureau d’Accesso à Mirebalais.
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