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Presa Netzahualcoyotl (PRAI-sah net-zah-hwahl-KO-yo-tuhl), in W Chiapas, Mexico, 7 mi/12 km E of the Guerrero border, and 9 mi/15 km NW of Tuxtla Gutierrez, on the Grijalva R. Max. capacity 17 million cu yd/13 million cu m. Built for irrigation, controlling waterways, and generating electricity. Also known as Malpaso Dam. Spanish Río Grijalva, river in southeastern Mexico. Its headstreams, the largest of which is the Cuilco, rise in the Sierra Madre of Guatemala and the Sierra de Soconusco of Mexico. The Grijalva flows generally northwestward through Chiapas state, where it is known locally as the Río Grande de Chiapa, or the Río Chiapa. After leaving a lake created by the Malpaso Dam, it turns northward and… GPS Coordinates: 17°37'45 '' - 16°46'12 '' N , 93°58'48 '' - 93°03'00 '' W
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