Xingó Dam
The Xingó Dam is a concrete face rock-fill dam on the São Francisco River on the border of Alagoas and Sergipe, near Piranhas, Brazil. The dam was built for navigation, water supply and hydroelectric power generation as it supports a 3,162 megawatts power station.
- Power station
- …is operated by CHESF Companhia Hidro Elétrica do São Francisco
- Description: dam and hydroelectric power plant on the São Francisco River, between Alagoas and Sergipe, Brazil
- Also known as“Xingó HPP”“Xingó Hydroelectric Power Plant”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Piranhas.
Xingó Dam
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Latitude
-9.62478° or 9° 37′ 29″ south
Longitude
-37.79736° or 37° 47′ 51″ west
Open location code
692496G3+33
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OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
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landuse=industrial
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Xingó Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Xingó 水力發電廠”
- Chinese: “辛戈水电站”
- Chinese: “辛戈水電站”
- Czech: “Vodní elektrárna Xingó”
- Czech: “Vodní elektrárna Xingó”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد شينجو”
- French: “barrage de Xingó”
- French: “Barrage de Xingó”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Xingó”
- German: “Wasserkraftwerk Xingó”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Xingó-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Xingó-demningen”
- Portuguese: “Barragem de Xingó”
- Portuguese: “UHE Xingó”
- Portuguese: “Usina Hidrelétrica de Xingó”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Xingó”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Шінго”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Museu de Arqueologia de Xingó and Centro de Recepção de Xingó Chesf.
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