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Guadalcacín Reservoir

Coordinates: 36°39′56.39″N 5°46′5.4″W / 36.6656639°N 5.768167°W / 36.6656639; -5.768167
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Embalse de Guadalcacín
Embalse de Guadalcacín from Tajo del Águila
Embalse de Guadalcacín is located in Andalusia
Embalse de Guadalcacín
Embalse de Guadalcacín
LocationSan José del Valle, Paterna de Rivera, Algar, Arcos de la Frontera
Coordinates36°39′56.39″N 5°46′5.4″W / 36.6656639°N 5.768167°W / 36.6656639; -5.768167
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsMajaceite River
Basin countriesSpain
Built1995 (1995)

Embalse de Guadalcacín is a reservoir in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. The reservoir has a capacity of 800 hm³ and a surface area of 3760 ha and is supplied by water from the Majaceite. The current dam, Guadalcacín II, is the 2nd on the lake and was built in 1995 as an emergency works project due to drought. The original dam was built in 1922.

Inside

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Inside there is a church, ermita de El Mibral and an old road restaurant[1]

Panoramic view

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Pictures (in Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
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