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Line 2: {{Other uses\|Itaipu (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox dam \| name = Itaipu Dam<br/>{{lang\|es\|Represa de Itaipú}}<br/>{{lang\|pt\|~~Usina~~Barragem de Itaipu}} \| name_official = Central Hidroeléctrica Itaipú Binacional<br/>Usina Hidrelétrica Itaipu Binacional \| image = Itaipu_geral.jpg Line 51: }} The '''Itaipu Dam''' ({{lang-pt\|~~Usina~~Barragem de Itaipu}} {{IPA-pt\|itɐjˈpu\|}}, {{lang-es\|Represa de Itaipú}} {{IPA-es\|itajˈpu\|}}) is a [[hydroelectric dam]] on the [[Paraná River]] located on the border between [[Brazil]] and [[Paraguay]]. It is the [[List of largest hydroelectric power stations\|third largest hydroelectric dam]] in the world, and holds the [[List of reservoirs by volume\|45th largest reservoir]] in the world. 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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