Official name Chingaza Dam Height 120 metres (390 ft) Opened 1983 | Impounds Guatiquia River Creates Chuza Reservoir Impound Guatiquía River | |
Operator(s) Empresa de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá – E.S.P. (Bogotá Water and Wastewater Company) Similar Embalse de San Rafael, Tominé Reservoir, Embalse Del Sisga, Alberto Lleras Dam, Sumapaz Páramo | ||
Chingaza Dam is a large dam in Colombia which supplies water to the capital city of Bogotá. The dam, on the Guatiquia River, is in the Chingaza National Park, 55 kilometres (34 mi) northeast of Bogotá. The dam is gravel fill with a concrete face. Behind the dam, the Chuza Reservoir holds 223,000,000 cubic metres (59×10^9 US gal).
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Map of Chingaza Dam, F%C3%B3meque, Cundinamarca, Colombia
Etymology
The name Chingaza comes from Chibcha and means "middle of the width".
History of conflict
In January 2002, rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) damaged the dam in an act of terrorism by placing an explosive on a gate valve in one of the dam's tunnels.
References
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