Itaipu Dam
hydroelectric dam on the Paraná River on the border between Brazil and Paraguay
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Summary
Itaipu Dam is an embankment dam[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of embankment dam entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,927 views/month, #1 of 241).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hernandarias District[3], Foz do Iguaçu[4]
- Country: Brazil[5], Paraguay[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Paraná River[7]
- Instance of: transborder building[8], buttress dam[9], gravity dam[10], hydroelectric power station[11]
- Architect: Brasil-Paraguay Mixed Technical Commission[12]
- Owned by: Itaipú Binacional[13]
- Operator: Itaipú Binacional[14]
- Part of: Seven Wonders of the Modern World[15]
- Commons category: Itaipu Dam[16]
- Inception: 1970[17]
- Coordinate location: -25.407777777778, -54.59[18]
- Located in/on physical feature: Paraná River[19]
- Official website: https://www.itaipu.gov.py[20], https://www.itaipu.gov.br[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Itaipu Dam[22]
- Described at URL: https://www.gihub.org/connectivity-across-borders/case-studies/itaipu-hydroelectric-dam/[23]
- Date of official opening: November 7, 1982[24]
- Length: 7700[25]
- Nominal power output: 14,000[26]
- Connects with: Itaipu right bank substation[27], Foz do Iguaçu substation and converter station[28]
- Annual energy output: 103.098[29], 96.387[30], 96.585596[31], 76.382[32], 66.369[33]
- Drainage basin: Río de la Plata Basin[34]
- Reservoir created: Itaipu Reservoir[35]
- Social media followers: 22,728[36]
- P14541: 3iJh2G[37], Dksht[38]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Itaipu Dam include Itaipu[39], a musical work/composition[40].
Why It Matters
Itaipu Dam has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for it include Itaipu[39], a musical work/composition[40].