El Cajón Dam
The El Cajón Dam, officially known as Central Hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán, is a hydroelectric power plant located in Western Honduras. The dam impounds the Comayagua River, which derives its large volume from two large tributaries, the Humuya River and the Sulaco River.Photo: Dwwhyd, Public domain.
- Type: Power station
- Description: Honduras hydroelectric power plant and dam
- Also known as: “Central Hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán” and “El Cajon Dam”
El Cajón Dam
- Categories: dam, hydroelectric power station, and industry
- Location: Yoro Department, Honduras, Central America, North America
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Latitude
15.03558° or 15° 2′ 8″ northLongitude
-87.74621° or 87° 44′ 46″ westOpen location code
767J27P3+6GOpenStreetMap ID
way 929876928OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q1242251
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“El Cajón Dam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃尔卡洪坝”
- Chinese: “埃爾卡洪壩”
- Czech: “El Cajón”
- French: “barrage d’El Cajón”
- French: “Barrage d’El Cajón”
- French: “centrale hydroélectrique Francisco Morazán”
- German: “El-Cajón-Talsperre”
- Italian: “diga di El Cajón”
- Japanese: “エル・カホン・ダム”
- Lithuanian: “El Kachono tvenkinys”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “El Cajón-demningen”
- Norwegian: “El Cajón-demningen”
- Persian: “سد کخون (هندوراس)”
- Persian: “سد کخون”
- Polish: “El Cajon”
- Polish: “El Cajón”
- Serbo-Croatian: “El Cajón (brana)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “El Cajón”
- Spanish: “Central hidroelectrica Francisco Morazan”
- Spanish: “Central hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán”
- Spanish: “represa de El Cajón”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Ель-Кахон”
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