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The Cerrón Grande Hydroelectric Dam (Spanish: Central Hidroeléctrica Cerrón Grande) spans the Lempa River 78 km north of San Salvador in the municipalities of Potonico (Chalatenango) and Jutiapa (Cabañas) in El Salvador. The concrete gravity dam has a height of 90 m and a length of 800 m. The dam’s reservoir has a surface area of 135 km² and a capacity of 2180 million m³.The hydroelectric power plant was fitted with 2 x 67.5 MWe Francis turbines with a total capacity of 135 Mwe.