Aragon Dam

{{Short description|Dam in Davao Oriental, Philippines}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}}

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| location_map_caption = Location in Mindanao##Location in the Philippines

| coordinates = {{coord|7|45|17.51|N|126|20|47.88|E|dim:30_region:PH-AS_type:waterbody|display=inline,title}}

| country = Philippines

| location = Aragon, Cateel, Davao Oriental

| status = O

| construction_began = 2012

| opening = October 28, 2014

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| dam_type = Gravity

| dam_crosses = Cateel River

| dam_height = {{Convert|5.5|m|ft|abbr=on}}

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| cost = ₱281 million

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Aragon Dam is an irrigation dam in Cateel, Davao Oriental, Philippines. It is situated in the barangay of Aragon, about {{Convert|12|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the town of Cateel. The current dam was completed within just seven months although initial development started in 2012 was disrupted by Typhoons Bopha and Lingling (local names: Pablo and Agaton). The dam is part of the Cateel Irrigation Project, the biggest project by the Mindanao Rural Development Project, both in physical and financial terms, costing about ₱281 million. The dam is expected to provide irrigation to over 1,600 hectares of rice fields spanning eleven barangays of Cateel.{{cite news|title=Cateel Irrigation Dam, a model MRDP project |url=http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2871414636870/cateel-irrigation-dam-a-model-mrdp-project |accessdate=November 4, 2014 |work=Philippine Information Agency |date=October 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104051925/http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/2871414636870/cateel-irrigation-dam-a-model-mrdp-project |archivedate=November 4, 2014 }}{{cite news|last1=Regalado|first1=Edith|title=P128-M Davao dam opened|url=http://www.philstar.com/nation/2014/11/02/1387006/p128-m-davao-dam-opened|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=The Philippine Star|date=November 2, 2014}}{{cite news|title=P289.5 billion dam in Davao Oriental seen to raise Mindanao crop harvest|url=http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/p289-5-billion-dam-in-davao-oriental-seen-to-raise-mindanao-crop-harvest/|accessdate=November 4, 2014|work=Business Mirror|agency=Philippine News Agency|date=October 28, 2014}}{{cite web|title=256 million irrigation project breaks ground in Cateel|url=http://davaooriental.weebly.com/cateel-irrigation-project.html|publisher=Davao Oriental|accessdate=November 8, 2014}}