Luiz Gonzaga Dam
The Luiz Gonzaga Dam, formerly known as the Itaparica Dam, is a rock-fill embankment dam on the São Francisco River 25 kilometres downstream of Petrolândia in Pernambuco, Brazil.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: dam in Brazil
- Also known as: “Itaparica Dam” and “Usina Hidrelétrica Luiz Gonzaga (Itaparica)”
Luiz Gonzaga Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Bahia, Northeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-9.14252° or 9° 8′ 33″ southLongitude
-38.30952° or 38° 18′ 34″ westOpen location code
6923VM4R+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 390650771Wikidata ID
Q624950
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Luiz Gonzaga Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “路易斯·岡薩加水壩”
- Czech: “Itaparica”
- Czech: “Luiz Gonzaga”
- Czech: “vodní elektrárna Itaparica”
- Czech: “Vodní elektrárna Luiz Gonzaga”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد لويز جونزاجا”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique Luiz Gonzaga”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique Luiz Gonzaga”
- German: “Itaparica-Stausee”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Itaparica-demningen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Luiz Gonzaga-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Luiz Gonzaga-demningen”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaparica”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica Luiz Gonzaga”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Луїс Гонзага”
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