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Nuevo Mundo Dam

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Official name
  
Presa Neuvo Mundo

Location
  
Moa, Holguín Province

Status
  
Operational

Opened
  
1985

Country
  
Cuba

Purpose
  
Water supply, power

Height
  
76 m

Nuevo Mundo Dam

Opening date
  
1985; 32 years ago (1985)

The Nuevo Mundo Dam is an embankment dam on the Moa River about 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Moa in Holguín Province, Cuba. The purpose of the dam is municipal water supply and hydroelectric power generation. The 75.5 m (248 ft) tall dam was completed in 1985. The 2 MW power station at the base of the dam was commissioned in 2010.

References

Nuevo Mundo Dam Wikipedia