Additional People Displaced by Luiz Gonzaga Dam, Brazil
In addition to Old Petrolândia, Brazil, Luiz Gonzaga Dam displaced people from many small rural villages, including: Bélem Sãu Francisco, Floresta, Itacuruba, Chorrochó, Glória, and Rodelas (Pictured).
About this community
- River
- Sao Francisco River
- Established
- 1600
- Inundated
- 1988
- Population
- 21,537
Sources
- Fernando Diniz Moreira, "Disruption with Place and Destruction of Spatial Images in Resettled Cities: The Case of Itacuruba, Brazil" (2020)