Porce III Dam
The Porce III Dam is an embankment dam on the Porce River 90 kilometres northeast of Medellín in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The dam was constructed between 2004 and 2011 for the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amalfi.
Amalfi
Town
Amalfi is a town and municipality of the Colombian Andes, northern part of the Central Mountain Range in the Antioquia Department and part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia. Amalfi is situated 8 km southeast of Porce III Dam.
Porce III Dam
- Type: Dam
- Also known as: “hydro power station” and “Represa Porce III”
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Amalfi, Antioquia, Andino, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
6.93932° or 6° 56′ 22″ northLongitude
-75.13902° or 75° 8′ 21″ westHeight
148 metres (486 feet)Open location code
67R6WVQ6+P9OpenStreetMap ID
way 391896497OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q1742615
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Ukrainian—“Porce III Dam” goes by many names.
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique Porce III”
- French: “Centrale hydroélectrique Porce III”
- German: “Porce III”
- German: “Talsperre Porce III”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porce III-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Porce III-demningen”
- Persian: “سد پورتسه سوم”
- Spanish: “central hidroeléctrica Porce III”
- Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica Porce III”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Порсе 3”
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