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Displaced by Irapé Dam

Displaced by Irapé Dam

The Irapé Dam displaced about 1,124 families, which were mostly rural farming and fishing families. Estimates place the total number of people displaced at about 5,000.

About this community

Dam
Irapé Dam
River
Jequitinhonha River
Established
1900
Inundated
2002
Population
5,000

Sources

  • Zhouri, Andrea, et al, "Industrial Landscapes and the Uprooting of Local Populations: Social and Environmental Conflicts in Hydroelectric Projects," 2006
  • Zhouri, Andrea, et al, "Forced Development and Multiple Displacements:
  • Places Confronting Dams," 20014.