La Yaya Dam is an embankment dam on the

Guantánamo River Guantánamo River is a river of southern Cuba, that flows Province of Guantánamo up to Guantánamo Bay. It is impounded by La Yaya Dam. See also *List of rivers of Cuba This is an incomplete list of rivers of Cuba, arranged from west to east, b ...

near the town of La Yaya in the municipality of

Niceto Pérez Niceto Pérez () is a municipality and town in the Guantánamo Province of Cuba. It is located west of the provincial capital, Guantánamo. Demographics In 2004, the municipality of Niceto Pérez had a population of 17,783. With a total area of ...

Guantánamo Province Guantánamo is the easternmost province of Cuba. Its capital is also called Guantánamo. Other towns include Baracoa. The province has the only land border of the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay. Overview Guantánamo's architecture and cultu ...

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

. The dam was completed in 1973 for

flood control Flood control methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters."Flood Control", MSN Encarta, 2008 (see below: Further reading). Flood relief methods are used to reduce the effects of flood waters or high water level ...

, irrigation of up to , and water supply for municipal and industrial uses. The reservoir has a storage capacity of , the second largest in the eastern part of the country after Melones Dam.

References

{{reflist Dams in Cuba Dams completed in 1973 Buildings and structures in Guantánamo Province