El Cajón Dam
The El Cajón Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Río Grande de Santiago in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Construction began in 2003 and was completed in June 2007.
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Nayarit, Mexico
- Also known as: “Central Hidroeléctrica Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine”, “centrale hydroélectrique Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine”, “El Cajon Dam”, “Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine hydroelectric power station”, “Presa del Cajón”, “Presa El Cajon”, “Presa Leonardo Rodríguez Alcaine”, and “Represa de El cajón”
El Cajón Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Nayarit, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
21.42797° or 21° 25′ 41″ north
Longitude
-104.45209° or 104° 27′ 8″ west
Open location code
75HQCGHX+55
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“El Cajón Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡洪水壩”
- French: “barrage El Cajón”
- French: “Barrage El Cajón”
- German: “El-Cajón-Talsperre”
- Japanese: “エル・カホン・ダム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Cajón-demningen (Mexico)”
- Norwegian: “El Cajón-demningen”
- Persian: “سد ال کاخون (مکزیک)”
- Persian: “سد ال کاخون”
- Portuguese: “Hidrelétrica El Cajón”
- Russian: “Плотина Эль Кахон”
- Russian: “Эль-Кахон”
- Spanish: “Presa El Cajón”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ель-Кахон”
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