La Yesca Dam
La Yesca Dam is an embankment dam on the Santiago River 90 km northwest of Guadalajara on the border of Mexico's Nayarit and Jalisco states. Construction on the dam began in 2007 after Empresas ICA was awarded the main construction contract.
- Type: Dam
- Description: embankment dam in Mexico
- Also known as: “Alfredo Elías Ayub hydroelectric power station”, “Central Hidroeléctrica Alfredo Elías Ayub”, “centrale hydroélectrique Alfredo Elías Ayub”, and “Proyecto Hidroeléctrico ‘Alfredo Elías Ayub’”
La Yesca Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Hostotipaquillo Municipality, Jalisco, Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
21.195° or 21° 11′ 42″ north
Longitude
-104.10607° or 104° 6′ 22″ west
Open location code
75HQ5VWV+2H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“La Yesca Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “拉耶斯卡坝”
- Chinese: “拉耶斯卡壩”
- French: “barrage de La Yesca”
- French: “Barrage de La Yesca”
- German: “La-Yesca-Talsperre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Yesca-demningen”
- Norwegian: “La Yesca-demningen”
- Persian: “سد لا یسکا”
- Spanish: “Presa La Yesca”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ла-Еска”
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Highlights: Cerro Grande and Cementerio Municipal.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: La Yesca and Quebradilla.
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