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Chicoasén Dam (Manuel Moreno Torres) - Additional Displaced People

Chicoasén Dam (Manuel Moreno Torres) - Additional Displaced People

In addition to displacing the town of Osumacinta, Chicoasén Dam displaced about 2,400 people, who were mostly Zoque Indigenous people. (Pictured: a map of Zoque language speakers, shown in green.)

About this community

Dam
Chicoasén Dam (Manuel Moreno Torres)
River
Grijalva River
Established
2000 BCE
Inundated
1976
Population
2,400