The Sogamoso Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam currently under construction on the Sogamoso River in northern Colombia. It is located 30 km (19 mi) west of Bucaramanga in Santander Department and 285 km (177 mi) north of Bogotá. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and when complete its power plant will have an installed capacity of 820 MW which increase Colombia’s generating capacity by 10 percent.
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