Macagua Dam
The Macagua Dam, officially known as Antonio José de Sucre, is an embankment dam with concrete gravity sections on the Caroní River in Ciudad Guayana, Bolívar State, Venezuela.Photo: Veronidae, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: hydroelectric dam on the Caroní River, Venezuela
- Also known as: “23 de Enero Dam” and “Central Hidroeléctrica ‘23 de Enero’”
- Address: Avenida Leopoldo Sucre Figarella, Ciudad Guayana, Municipio Caroní, Bolívar
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Polideportivo Cachamay and Llovizna Falls.
Polideportivo Cachamay
Stadium
Photo: Shaolingv4, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Estadio Cachamay is part of the Centro Total de Entretenimiento Cachamay. It is a multipurpose stadium located on Avenida Guayana in Puerto Ordaz Bolivar State, Venezuela. Polideportivo Cachamay is situated 2½ km northwest of Macagua Dam.
Llovizna Falls
Waterfall
Llovizna Falls is a waterfall on the Caroní River, close to its confluence with the Orinoco, located in the Llovizna Park, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. The nearby Macagua Dam has reduced the flow over the waterfall in recent years, but the cascade continues to be spectacular and returns to its former glory several times a year when the floodgates of the dam are opened. Llovizna Falls is situated 1½ km north of Macagua Dam.
Loefling Zoo
Park
Photo: Miguelmorales85, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Loefling Zoo Also Zoological Park Loefling Is a publicly owned zoological garden located southwest of Cachamay Park, in Ciudad Guayana, part of the Bolivar State in the Venezuelan Guayana region. Loefling Zoo is situated 3 km west of Macagua Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ciudad Guayana.
Ciudad Guayana
Photo: Hdezeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ciudad Guayana is a city in the state of Bolívar in Venezuela. It is constituted by Puerto Ordaz and San Félix, two originally independent tows that have sprawled and merged into one single city.
Macagua Dam
- Categories: embankment dam and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Caroní Municipality, Bolívar, Guayana, Venezuela, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
8.29595° or 8° 17′ 45″ northLongitude
-62.67878° or 62° 40′ 44″ westInception
1997Operator
EDELCAOpen location code
67WV78WC+9FOpenStreetMap ID
way 688479887OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damWikidata ID
Q1328571
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Macagua Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Macagua 水壩”
- Chinese: “馬卡瓜水電站”
- Chinese: “马卡瓜水电站”
- Dutch: “Macaguadam”
- French: “barrage de Macagua”
- French: “Barrage de Macagua”
- German: “Macagua-Talsperre”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Macagua-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Macagua-demningen”
- Persian: “سد ماکاگوا”
- Spanish: “Represa 23 de Enero”
- Spanish: “Represa de Las Macagua”
- Spanish: “Represa de Macagua”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Макагуа”
- “Represa 23 de Enero”
- “Represa de Las Macagua”
- “Represa de Macagua”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Macagua III and Compuertas de Macagua.
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