The La Viña Dam, officially known as the Antonio Medina Allende Dam, is an

arch dam An arch dam is a concrete dam that is curved upstream in plan. The arch dam is designed so that the force of the water against it, known as hydrostatic pressure, presses against the arch, causing the arch to straighten slightly and strengtheni ...

on the Los Sauces River in

San Alberto Department San Alberto Department is a department of Córdoba Province, Argentina. It is composed by many municipalities and communes. Its main industry is tourism and it is visited by many people each summer. San Alberto includes cities and towns as Mina C ...

of Córdoba Province,

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. Construction on the dam began in 1938 and it was completed in 1944. The power station was later connected to the grid on 28 February 1959. Aside from generating

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...

power, water stored by the dam is used to irrigate around of farmland.

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