Aqueduct

An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away. In modern engineering, the term aqueduct is used for any system of pipes, ditches, canals, tunnels, and other structures used for this purpose.
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  • Type: Waterworks
  • Description: structure constructed to convey water
  • Also known as: acquaduct”, “Acueducto El Palmar”, “aquaduct”, and “aqueduct
  • Address: Palmar de Guanapalo

Aqueduct

Latitude
5.37527° or 5° 22′ 31″ north
Longitude
-71.82974° or 71° 49′ 47″ west
Operator
EAS S.A.E.S.P
Open location code
67QC95GC+44
Open­Street­Map ID
way 992616125
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­water_works
Wiki­data ID
Q474
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Aqueduct” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Akwaduk
  • Arabic: بدالة
  • Arabic: حني
  • Arabic: ساقية
  • Arabic: قناة مائية
  • Arabic: قناة مرفوعة
  • Arabic: قناة مقنطرة
  • Arabic: قنطرة مائية
  • Arabic: مجرى مرفوعة
  • Aragonese: Acueducto
  • Aragonese: Gallipuent
  • Armenian: Ջրանցույց
  • Arpitan: Égouaduit
  • Arpitan: Egue-dyu
  • Asturian: acueductu
  • Asturian: Acueductu
  • Azerbaijani: Akveduk
  • Basque: Akueduktu
  • Belarusian: Акведук
  • Belarusian: Аквэдук
  • Bhojpuri: एक्वाडक्ट (पुल)
  • Bosnian: Akvadukt
  • Bulgarian: акведукт
  • Bulgarian: Акведукт
  • Catalan: aqüeducte
  • Catalan: Aqüeducte
  • Chinese: 上水道
  • Chinese: 引水渠
  • Chinese: 引水道
  • Chinese: 水道橋
  • Chinese: 渡槽
  • Chinese: 高架渠
  • Chuvash: Акведук
  • Cornish: dowrbons
  • Croatian: akvadukt
  • Croatian: Akvedukt
  • Czech: akvadukt
  • Czech: Akvadukt
  • Danish: akvædukt
  • Danish: Akvædukt
  • Dutch: aquaduct
  • Dutch: Aquaduct
  • Esperanto: akvedukto
  • Esperanto: Akvedukto
  • Estonian: Akvedukt
  • Finnish: akvedukti
  • Finnish: Akvedukti
  • French: aqueduc
  • French: Aqueduc
  • Galician: acueduto
  • Galician: Acueduto
  • Georgian: აკვედუკი
  • German: Aquädukt
  • Greek: υδραγωγείο
  • Greek: Υδραγωγείο
  • Greek: υδρογέφυρα
  • Hebrew: אמת מים
  • Hindi: जलवाही सेतु
  • Hungarian: akvadukt
  • Hungarian: Akvadukt
  • Hungarian: akvedukt
  • Hungarian: csatornahíd
  • Icelandic: Vatnsveitubrú
  • Ido: Aquedukto
  • Indonesian: Akuaduk
  • Interlingua: Aqueducto
  • Irish: uiscerian
  • Irish: Uiscerian
  • Italian: acquedotto
  • Italian: Acquedotto
  • Italian: Doccio
  • Italian: Doccione
  • Italian: Fistola
  • Japanese: 井手
  • Japanese: 用水
  • Japanese: 用水路
  • Kazakh: Акведук
  • Kirghiz: Акведук
  • Korean: 용수로
  • Latin: aquae ductus
  • Latin: Aquae ductus
  • Latvian: Akvedukts
  • Lithuanian: Akvedukas
  • Luxembourgish: Aqueduc
  • Macedonian: аквадукт
  • Macedonian: Аквадукт
  • Malagasy: Lalan-drano
  • Malay: Akueduk (bekalan air)
  • Malay: Akueduk
  • Malayalam: അക്വാഡക്റ്റ്
  • Navajo: Tó yaʼnidaʼaazgééd
  • Norwegian Bokmål: akvedukt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Akvedukt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: akvedukt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Akvedukt
  • Norwegian: Akvedukt
  • Occitan (post 1500): Aqüeducte
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Wætertyge
  • Persian: آباره
  • Persian: آب‌گذر
  • Polish: akwedukt
  • Polish: Akwedukt
  • Portuguese: aqueduto
  • Portuguese: Aqueduto
  • Quechua: Witkhu
  • Romanian: apeduct
  • Romanian: Apeduct
  • Russian: акведук
  • Russian: Акведук
  • Scottish Gaelic: Amar-uisge
  • Serbian: акведукт
  • Serbian: Акведукт
  • Serbo-Croatian: akvadukt
  • Serbo-Croatian: Akvadukt
  • Sicilian: Cunnutta d’acqua
  • Slovak: Akvadukt
  • Slovenian: akvadukt
  • Slovenian: Akvadukt
  • Slovenian: akvedukt
  • Spanish: acueducto
  • Spanish: Acueducto
  • Spanish: acueductos
  • Spanish: gallipuente
  • Swedish: akvedukt
  • Swedish: Akvedukt
  • Tagalog: Akwedukto
  • Tajik: Акведук
  • Tamil: தொட்டிப் பாலம்
  • Thai: สะพานส่งน้ำ
  • Turkish: su kemeri
  • Turkish: Su kemeri
  • Ukrainian: акведук
  • Ukrainian: Акведук
  • Urdu: آبراہ
  • Uzbek: Akveduk
  • Uzbek: Suv o‘tkazgich-ko‘prik
  • Uzbek: Suv O‘tkazgich-Ko‘prik
  • Uzbek: Suv o’tkazgich-ko’prik
  • Uzbek: Suv O’tkazgich-Ko’prik
  • Uzbek: Suv o`tkazgich-ko`prik
  • Uzbek: Suv O`tkazgich-Ko`prik
  • Uzbek: Suv oʻtkazgich-koʻprik
  • Uzbek: Suv Oʻtkazgich-Koʻprik
  • Venetian: acuedoto
  • Vietnamese: Aqueduct
  • Vietnamese: Cầu dẫn nước
  • Waray (Philippines): Acueducto
  • Welsh: dyfrbont
  • Welsh: traphont ddŵr
  • Western Frisian: akwadukt
  • Western Frisian: Akwadukt
  • Wu Chinese: 上水道
  • Wu Chinese: 高架渠
  • Yue Chinese: 高架渠
  • एक्वाडक्ट

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