Manuel Moreno Torres Dam

The Chicoasén Dam is an embankment dam and hydroelectric power station on the near in , . The dam's power plant contains 5 x 300 MW, 3 x 310 MW Francis turbine-generators.
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  • Type: Dam
  • Description: dam in Chicoasén, Chiapas
  • Also known as: “Central Hidroeléctrica Manuel Moreno Torres”, “Chicoasen Dam”, “Chicoasén Dam”, “Manuel Moreno Torres hydropower plant”, “Presa Chicoasen”, “Presa Manuel Moreno Torres”, “Presa Manuel Moreno Torres Chicoasen”, “Presa Manuel Moreno Torres Chicoasén”, and “曼努埃爾·莫雷諾·托雷斯水電站”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Osumacinta Municipality.

Village
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is a village.

Manuel Moreno Torres Dam

Latitude
16.94283° or 16° 56′ 34″ north
Longitude
-93.09976° or 93° 5′ 59″ west
Operator
Comisión Federal de Electricidad
Open location code
7688WWV2+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 353307082
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Wiki­data ID
Q1435446
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Manuel Moreno Torres Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “Chicoasén 水壩”
  • Chinese: “奇科森坝”
  • Chinese: “奇科森壩”
  • Chinese: “曼努埃尔·莫雷诺·托雷斯水电站”
  • French: “barrage Chicoasén”
  • French: “Barrage Chicoasén”
  • French: “centrale hydroélectrique Manuel Moreno Torres”
  • German: “Manuel-M.-Torres-Staudamm”
  • Indonesian: “Bendungan Chicoasén”
  • Japanese: “チコアセンダム”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chicoasén-demningen”
  • Norwegian: “Chicoasén-demningen”
  • Persian: “سد چیکواسن”
  • Russian: “ГЭС Чикоасен”
  • Spanish: “Presa Chicoasén”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Чікоасен”

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