Bayano Dam Explained

Bayano Dam
Dam Crosses:	Bayano River
Res Name:	Lago Bayano
Location:	Darién Province, Panama
Opening:	1976
Coordinates:	9.1747°N -78.8844°W

The Bayano Dam is a dam on the Bayano River in Darién Province, Panama. The dam was built in 1976; its construction flooded approximately 350 square kilometers of rainforest,^[1] displacing thousands of indigenous residents. The flooded area is now Bayano Lake. The dam is the second-largest power source in Panama.^[2]

See also

• Fortuna Dam, the dam in Panama that generates the most power.

External links

• Photo of Bayano Dam

Notes and References

1. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, April 21, 2009, Report 58/09; Petition 12.354, Kuna of Madungandí and Emberá of Bayano Indigenous Peoples and Their Members, Panama, pg. 2. (http://www.cidh.oas.org/annualrep/2009eng/Panama12354eng.htm)
2. Friar, William. Panama. Moon Publications (2008), p. 419. .