Peligre Dam

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Peligre Dam is a major hydroelectric and irrigation dam in central Haiti that forms Lake Péligre and plays a key role in the country’s power supply and water management.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Péligre Dam 3
Peligre Dam canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf concrete dam ⓘ
gravity dam ⓘ
hydroelectric dam ⓘ
basinCountry Haiti ⓘ
commissioningDate 1956 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1953 ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Haiti ⓘ
creates largest artificial lake in Haiti ⓘ
designedBy United States Bureau of Reclamation ⓘ
energySource hydropower ⓘ
formsReservoir Lake Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Lac de Péligre
fundedBy United States government ⓘ
World Bank ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalImpact sedimentation in Lake Péligre ⓘ
hasIssue aging infrastructure ⓘ
reduced generation capacity due to sedimentation ⓘ
hasSocialImpact displacement of local communities ⓘ
height 72 metres ⓘ
approximately 236 feet ⓘ
inception 1956 ⓘ
installedCapacity 54 megawatts ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
locatedIn Centre Department ⓘ
central Haiti ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Artibonite River ⓘ
nativeName Barrage de Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Péligre
nearbyCity Hinche ⓘ
nearbySettlement Péligre ⓘ
numberOfTurbines 3 ⓘ
operator Électricité d’Haïti ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Haiti ⓘ
partOf Artibonite Valley agricultural development projects ⓘ
Haiti electricity infrastructure ⓘ
primaryUse hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
regionServed Artibonite Valley ⓘ
linked to: Artibonite

Port-au-Prince metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Port-au-Prince
reservoirName Lake Péligre ⓘ
linked to: Lac de Péligre
reservoirUse fishing ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
secondaryUse flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
water supply ⓘ
significantFor Haiti national power grid ⓘ
irrigation in the Artibonite Valley ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
watercourse Artibonite River ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Artibonite River → hasDam → Peligre Dam ⓘ
Lac de Péligre → formedBy → Péligre Dam ⓘ
linked to: Peligre Dam
Lac de Péligre → createdByConstructionOf → Péligre Dam ⓘ
linked to: Peligre Dam
Lac de Péligre → associatedDam → Péligre Dam ⓘ
linked to: Peligre Dam