Itaipu Dam

The Itaipu Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the located on the border between and . It is the third-largest hydroelectric dam in the world in terms of produced energy.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
  • Also known as: “Central Hidroeléctrica ITAIPU”, “ITAIPU Dam”, “Itaipu Power Plant”, and “Usina Hidrelétrica Itaipu Binacional”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Itaipu Airport.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving the city of Hernandarias in , . The Itaipu non-directional beacon is located on the field. is situated 3 km west of Itaipu Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hernandarias.

Photo: S23678, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a district and city of the Alto Paraná Department. It is 349 km from , and is known as the "Latin American Capital of Electric Power". It had a population of about 80,000 in 2008.

Itaipu Dam

Latitude
-25.4081° or 25° 24′ 29″ south
Longitude
-54.58865° or 54° 35′ 19″ west
Operator
Itaipú Binacional
Open location code
5867HCR6+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32236291
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q244169
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Itaipu Dam” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سد إيتايبو”
  • Armenian: “Իտայպու”
  • Asturian: “Itaipú”
  • Basque: “Itaipuko presa”
  • Belarusian: “Ітайпу”
  • Bengali: “ইতাইপু বাঁধ”
  • Bhojpuri: “इताइपू बान्ह”
  • Bulgarian: “Итаипу”
  • Bulgarian: “Итайпу”
  • Burmese: “အီတိုင်ပူ ရေကာတာကြီး”
  • Catalan: “Itaipú”
  • Catalan: “Represa Itaipú”
  • Chinese: “伊泰普大壩”
  • Chinese: “伊泰普水电站”
  • Chinese: “伊泰普水電站”
  • Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Itaipu”
  • Czech: “Itaipú”
  • Dhivehi: “Itaipu”
  • Dhivehi: “އިޓައިޕޫ ޑޭމު”
  • Dutch: “Itaipu dam”
  • Dutch: “Itaipudam”
  • Dutch: “Itaipúdam”
  • Esperanto: “Itaipu”
  • Esperanto: “Itajpu”
  • Esperanto: “Itajpuo”
  • Finnish: “Itaipun padon vesivoimalaitos”
  • Finnish: “Itaipun pato”
  • Finnish: “Itaipun voimalaitos”
  • French: “barrage d’Itaipu”
  • French: “Barrage d’Itaipu”
  • French: “centrale hydroélectrique d’Itaipu”
  • French: “Itaipu Binacional”
  • French: “Itaipu”
  • Galician: “Encoro hidroeléctrico de Itaipú”
  • Georgian: “იტაიპუს კაშხალი”
  • Georgian: “იტაიპუს ჰიდროელექტროსადგური”
  • German: “Itaipu-Damm”
  • German: “Itaipú-Damm”
  • German: “Itaipu-Staumauer”
  • German: “Itaipú-Staumauer”
  • German: “Itaipu”
  • German: “Itaipú”
  • Greek: “φράγμα Ιταϊπού”
  • Greek: “Φράγμα Ιταϊπού”
  • Guarani: “Yjoko Itaipu”
  • Hebrew: “סכר איטאיפו”
  • Hebrew: “סכר איטייפו”
  • Hindi: “इटाइपू बाँध”
  • Hungarian: “Itaipu-gát”
  • Hungarian: “Itaipu-vízerőmű”
  • Ido: “Aquobarilo Itaipu”
  • Ido: “Itaipu aquobarilo”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Itaipu”
  • Irish: “Damba Itaipú”
  • Italian: “diga di Itaipú”
  • Italian: “Diga di Itaipú”
  • Japanese: “イタイプー・ダム”
  • Japanese: “イタイプダム”
  • Korean: “이타이푸댐”
  • Latvian: “Itaipu aizsprosts”
  • Lithuanian: “Itaipu hidroelektrinė”
  • Lithuanian: “Itaipu”
  • Macedonian: “Итаипу”
  • Malayalam: “ഇതയ്പു അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Malayalam: “ഇറ്റായ്പു അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Malayalam: “ഇറ്റെയ്പു അണക്കെട്ട്”
  • Marathi: “इटाइपू धरण”
  • Mazanderani: “ایتایپو سد”
  • Nepali: “इताइपु बाँध”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipu-dammen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipu-demninga”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipu-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipú-demningen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipú”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaipudemningen”
  • Norwegian: “Itaipu-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد ایتایپو”
  • Polish: “Hidroelétrica de Itaipú”
  • Polish: “Itaipu”
  • Portuguese: “Barragem de Itaipú”
  • Portuguese: “Binacional de Itaipu”
  • Portuguese: “Hidrelétrica de Itaipu”
  • Portuguese: “Represa de Itaipu”
  • Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica Binacional de Itaipu”
  • Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu”
  • Russian: “ГЭС Итайпý”
  • Russian: “Итайпу-Бинасионал”
  • Russian: “Итайпу”
  • Serbian: “Itaipu”
  • Serbian: “Итаипу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hidroelektrana Itaipu”
  • Slovak: “Itaipu”
  • Slovak: “Itaipú”
  • Slovenian: “ITAIPU Binacional”
  • Slovenian: “jez Itaipu”
  • Slovenian: “Jez Itaipu”
  • Slovenian: “jez Itaipú”
  • Spanish: “Central Hidroeléctrica ITAIPU”
  • Spanish: “Itaipu Binacional”
  • Spanish: “ITAIPU Binacional”
  • Spanish: “Itaipú Binacional”
  • Spanish: “Itaipu”
  • Spanish: “Itaipú”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Itaipu”
  • Spanish: “Presa de ITAIPU”
  • Spanish: “Presa de Itaipú”
  • Spanish: “Represa binacional de Itaipu”
  • Spanish: “Represa binacional de Itaipú”
  • Spanish: “Represa de Itaipu”
  • Spanish: “Represa de ITAIPU”
  • Spanish: “Represa de Itaipú”
  • Spanish: “Represa Hidroelectrica de Itaipu”
  • Spanish: “Represa Hidroelectrica de Itaipú”
  • Spanish: “Represa Hidroeléctrica de Itaipu”
  • Spanish: “Represa Hidroeléctrica de Itaipú”
  • Swedish: “Itaipu-dammen”
  • Swedish: “Itaipu”
  • Thai: “เขื่อนอิไตปู”
  • Thai: “อิไตปู”
  • Turkish: “Itaipu Barajı”
  • Turkish: “İtaipu Barajı”
  • Ukrainian: “Гребля Ітайпу”
  • Ukrainian: “Ітайпу”
  • Vietnamese: “Đập Itaipu”
  • “इताइपू बान्ह”

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