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Located only 30 minutes from Best Western
Hotel San Jorge.
The “General Alvaro Obregon” Dam also calls
the “Oviachic” Dam, named taken from the
place it is located, starts its construction
in the year 1947 and is finished in 1952,
being filled first on July of the same year.
It is located 45 kilometers north of Cajeme
County.
The curtain has en elevation of 57.1 meters
from the bed of the Yaqui River and a length
of 1457 meters. It has a surface of 20,500
acres and a storage capacity of 3226
millions of cubic meters; it forms part of
the length of the Yaqui River, its the
state's largest dam and the third located on
said river.
From the Oviachic Dam a 2760 kilometer
network of main and secondary canals is
derived that irrigate 272,000 acres of
surface in the Yaqui and Mayo Valleys, being
one of the most important hydraulic
infrastructures of the country.
During the last two decades this hydraulic
work has come to forma part of the main and
most visited tourist destinations in our
region. Thanks to its natural beauty and
ample possibility to make any aquatic
activity, that is why it is the preferred
place for locals and tourists that come to
our region. |
