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{{Other uses|Itaipu (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox dam
| name = Itaipu Dam<br/>{{lang|es|Represa de Itaipú}}<br/>{{lang|pt|
| name_official = Central Hidroeléctrica Itaipú Binacional<br/>Usina Hidrelétrica Itaipu Binacional
| image = Itaipu_geral.jpg
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The '''Itaipu Dam''' ({{lang-pt|
The name "Itaipu" was taken from an isle that existed near the construction site. In the [[Guarani language]], {{lang|gn|Itaipu}} means "the sounding stone".<ref name=energy>{{Cite web|url=http://www.itaipu.gov.br/en/energy/energy|access-date=4 July 2014|publisher=Itaipu Binacional|year=2014|title=Energy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412010023/http://www.itaipu.gov.br/en/energy/energy|archive-date=12 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Itaipu Dam's hydroelectric power plant produced the second-most electricity of any in the world as of 2020, only surpassed by the [[Three Gorges Dam]] plant in China in electricity production.
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