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: Dam
- Description: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the Grijalva River
- Also known as: “Belisario Domínguez hydroelectric power station”, “Central Hidroeléctrica Belisario Domínguez hydroelectric power station”, “centrale hydroélectrique Belisario Domínguez”, “La Angostura vannkraftverk”, “Presa Angostura”, “Presa Belisario Domínguez”, and “Presa de La Angostura”
Angostura Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Acala Municipality, Chiapas, Yucatán and the South, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
16.40209° or 16° 24′ 8″ north
Longitude
-92.77916° or 92° 46′ 45″ west
Operator
Comisión Federal de Electricidad
Open location code
7689C62C+R8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
Wikidata ID
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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: “Presa La Angostura”
- Swedish: “Belisario Domínguez”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ла-Ангостура”
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