Punchiná Dam
The Punchiná Dam is an embankment dam on the Guatapé River 17 kilometres east of San Carlos in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The dam creates Punchiná Reservoir, which is part of the 1,240 megawatts San Carlos Hydroelectric Power Plant.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in San Carlos
- Also known as: “San Carlos hydro power plant”
Punchiná Dam
- Categories: embankment dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Antioquia, Andino, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
6.19539° or 6° 11′ 43″ northLongitude
-74.79609° or 74° 47′ 46″ westOperator
ISAGENOpen location code
67R756W3+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 9919288432Wikidata ID
Q7260005
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Punchiná Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Punchiná 水壩”
- Chinese: “圣卡洛斯水电站”
- Chinese: “聖卡洛斯水電站”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de San Carlos”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique de San Carlos”
- German: “Talsperre Punchiná”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Carlos vannkraftverk”
- Norwegian: “San Carlos vannkraftverk”
- Persian: “سد پونچینا”
- Spanish: “Central Hidroelectrica San Carlos”
- Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica San Carlos”
- Spanish: “Central Hidroeléctrica San Carlos”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Сан-Карлос”
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