| Mazar Dam | |
| Location Map: | Ecuador |
| Coordinates: | -2.5921°N -78.6177°W |
| Country: | Ecuador |
| Location: | Azuay Province |
| Status: | O |
| Purpose: | Power |
| Construction Began: | 2004 |
| Opening: | 2010 |
| Owner: | Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (CELEC) |
| Dam Type: | Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill |
| Dam Height: | 166m (545feet) |
| Dam Length: | 340m (1,120feet) |
| Dam Width Base: | 500m (1,600feet) |
| Dam Volume: | 5483000m2 |
| Dam Elevation Crest: | 2166m (7,106feet) |
| Dam Crosses: | Paute River |
| Res Capacity Active: | 309e6m3 |
| Res Capacity Inactive: | 410e6m3 |
| Res Catchment: | 4388km2 |
| Res Elevation: | 2153m (7,064feet) |
| Res Max Length: | 31km (19miles) |
| Plant Hydraulic Head: | 68m (223feet) |
| Plant Commission: | 2010 |
| Plant Turbines: | 2 x 85MW Francis-type |
| Plant Capacity: | 170MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | (est.) |
The Mazar Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Paute River Cañar Province, Ecuador. The purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it is located directly upstream of the Paute Dam as part of the Amaluza-Molino project. The dam's power station has an installed capacity of . Construction on the dam began in 2004; the generators were commissioned in 2010 and the remaining works were completed in 2011.[1] [2] [3]