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Ambuklao Dam is part of a hydroelectric facility in Baragay Ambuclao, Bokod, Benguet province in the Philippines. With a maximum water storage capacity of 327,170,000 cubic metres (265,240 acre⋅ft), the facility, which is located 36 km (22 mi) from Baguio , can produce up to 105 megawatts of electricity for the Luzon grid.
The Upper Agno reserve protects the northernmost 45.94 km (28.55 mi) section of the Agno River from the Mount Data National Park in Buguias to Binga Dam in Itogon. [13] It is located to the east and north of the city of Baguio in the southern Cordillera Central mountains and covers the catchment area between the ridges of the Central and Polis ranges.
Bokod was established as one of the 19 townships of Benguet during the American Rule with the enactment of Act No. 48 on November 22, 1900. [5] [6] [7] [8]On August 13, 1908, Benguet was established as a sub-province of the newly created Mountain Province with the enactment of Act No. 1876.
The river has three hydroelectric plants: Binga Dam in Itogon, Benguet (29 kilometres (18 mi) upstream); Ambuklao Dam in Bokod, Benguet (37 kilometres (23 mi) upstream) and the San Roque Dam in San Manuel, Pangasinan. Binga has been operational since 1960 and Ambuklao since 1956. There are several mining concessions in the upper reaches of the ...
Benguet (/ b ɛ ŋ ˈ ɡ ɛ t /), officially the Province of Benguet (Ibaloi: Probinsya ne Benguet; Kankanaey: Probinsyan di Benguet; Pangasinan: Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; Ilocano: Probinsia ti Benguet; Filipino: Lalawigan ng Benguet), is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the island of Luzon.
The dam was constructed in August 1956 and opened in May 1960 under the government-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR), three years after its sister facility, the Ambuklao Dam. It is located 31 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Baguio and 19 kilometres (12 mi) downstream of Ambuklao Dam within the Upper Agno River Basin Resource Reserve.
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The Ambuklao-Binga sub-basin was then declared a separate forest reserve in 1966. [11] The Lower Agno reservation was established on November 22, 1983 as part of the creation of the third dam, the San Roque Dam (Agno V).