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Itaipu Dam

Paraguay Alto Paraná Ciudad del Este

Itaipu Dam
Photo: Deni Williams from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

One of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world, shared by Paraguay and Brazil on the Paraná River. Free tours from the Paraguayan side show the spillway and turbine halls.


It's near Ciudad del Este, across from Foz do Iguaçu.

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