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Embalse, Cordoba
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Embalse is a town in the center-west of the province of Cordoba, Argentina, located within the Calamuchita Valley, 119 km south-southwest from Cordoba City. The municipality has 7,400 inhabitants as per the , though unofficial counts including the neighboring areas give a population of over 11,000, which grows by several thousands during the tourist high season.
The word embalse means "reservoir" (i. e. artificial lake) in Spanish. Embalse is located along the eastern shore of a large reservoir produced by the damming of the Rio Tercero. The dam was inaugurated in 1930; it is 58 m high and 125 m long, with a maximum capacity of 730 million m. The reservoir has an area of 58 km and is employed for fishing, irrigation and the production of hydroelectricity, as well as water sports. On the southern shore lies the Embalse nuclear power plant, one of the two operational nuclear plants of Argentina (the other is Atucha I).
The area is of major touristic importance. Accordingly, Embalse has 7 hotels and many smaller accommodation facilities, and a casino (opened in 1984).
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Cordoba Global
Viajes del Sur
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