Angostura Dam
The Angostura Dam is an embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the Grijalva River near Venustiano Carranza in Chiapas, Mexico. The dam's power plant contains 5 × 180 MW and 3 × 310 MW Francis turbine-generators.- Type: Hydroelectric power station
- Description: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the Grijalva River
- Also known as: “Belisario Dominguez”, “Belisario Domínguez hydroelectric power station”, “Central Hidroeléctrica Belisario Domínguez hydroelectric power station”, “centrale hydroélectrique Belisario Domínguez”, “La Angostura vannkraftverk”, “Planta Hidroeléctrica La Angostura”, “Presa Angostura”, and “Presa de La Angostura”
Angostura Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Acala Municipality, Chiapas, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
16.40432° or 16° 24′ 16″ north
Longitude
-92.7749° or 92° 46′ 30″ west
Elevation
531 metres (1,742 feet)
Open location code
7689C63G+P2
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Angostura Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Belisario Domínguez”
- French: “barrage La Angostura”
- French: “Barrage La Angostura”
- German: “La Angostura”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Angostura-demningen”
- Norwegian: “La Angostura-demningen”
- Persian: “سد انگوستورا (مکزیک)”
- Persian: “سد انگوستورا”
- Russian: “Ангостура ГЭС”
- Spanish: “Belisario Domínguez”
- Spanish: “Presa La Angostura”
- Swedish: “Belisario Domínguez”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ла-Ангостура”
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