Rivas
Rivas, town (1995 est. pop. 22,255), SW Nicaragua. It is on the Isthmus of Rivas, a narrow land strip between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. Rivas is the commercial center of a region which produces grains, coffee, cacao, and tobacco; livestock is raised. During the California gold rush it controlled the transit route across Nicaragua; its loss by U.S. filibuster William Walker in 1857 ended his Nicaraguan campaign. Rivas lies on the Pan-American Highway and is strategically located near the route of the proposed Nicaragua Canal.
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Rivas may refer to:
- Places
- Rivas, Nicaragua
- Rivas (department), Nicaragua
- Rivas, Costa Rica
- Rivas, Madrid, Spain.
- People
- Antonieta Rivas Mercado, Mexican feminist and writer
- Antonio Rivas Mercado, Mexican architect
- Betsi Rivas, Venezuelan weightlifter
- Carlos Lehder Rivas, Colombian drug smuggler and -dealer
- Nelson Rivas, Colombian footballer
- Daniel Louis Rivas, American actor
- Llimy Rivas, Colombian hurdler
- Óscar Rivas Colombian boxer
- Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua
- Ramón Rivas, Puerto Rican basketball player
- Thaimara Rivas, Venezuelan heptathlete
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Mentioned in
Futbol de Alcoba
(1988 Comedy Film)
Wello Rivas
(Latin Artist)
La Forza del destino
(music)
En Vivo Desde Guadalajara
(2008 Album by Diego Rivas)
Internacional
(1977 Album by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico)
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