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Rivas may refer to: Places * Rivas, Pérez Zeledón, a district in Costa Rica, and an archaeological site. * Rivas-Vaciamadrid, a municipality in Madrid, Spain. * Rivas, Loire, a commune in France. * Rivas Department, Nicaragua ** Rivas, Nicaragua, a city and municipality, capital of the department * Rivas Peaks, Antarctica. People *Rivas (surname) Battles *First Battle of Rivas (June 29, 1855), between the Nicaraguan army and rebel forces under William Walker * Second Battle of Rivas (April 11, 1856), between the Costa Rican militia under General Mora and the Nicaraguan forces of William Walker See also *Riva (other) Riva may refer to: People * Riva (surname) * Riva Castleman (1930–2014), American art historian, art curator and author * Riva Ganguly Das (born 1961), Indian diplomat * Riva (footballer), Brazilian former footballer Rivadávio Alves Pereira (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivas District
Rivas is a district of the Pérez Zeledón canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica. Geography Rivas has an area of km² and an elevation of metres. This town lies south of a mountain chain Cordillera de Talamanca result of tectonic uplift between Cocos Plate and Caribbean Plate. The town is positioned a kilometer north of where the Buenavista River and the Chirripó Pacífico River converge to form the General River. Demographics For the 2011 census, Rivas had a population of inhabitants. Transportation Road transportation The district is covered by the following road routes: * National Route 2 * National Route 242 * National Route 322 * National Route 323 Economy Tourism This town is on the way to the Chirripó National Park. Archaeology Originally discovered in the 1980s through archaeological surveys of the region by Robert Drolet, the Rivas site is one of 15 Chiriquí Period (AD 750-1500) archaeological sites known within the river valley. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivas-Vaciamadrid
Rivas-Vaciamadrid () is the 15th most populated city in the Community of Madrid, Spain. It belongs to the Madrid metropolitan area and is located just 15 km from central Madrid, to the south-east. In the southern part of the municipality, the Manzanares river flows into the Jarama, which is part of the Lower Manzanares and Jarama Rivers Regional Park. Almost three quarters of the municipality form part of the park, making it an important ecological centre with numerous lakes and various species of wildlife and fauna. It has been one of the fastest-growing municipalities in Spain in recent years, growing from 500 inhabitants in the 1980s to its current figure of 84,000. It is bordered to the north by Madrid and San Fernando de Henares, to the south by Arganda del Rey and San Martín de la Vega, to the east by Mejorada del Campo and Velilla de San Antonio, and to the west by Getafe and Madrid (the district of Villa de Vallecas.) Rivas-Vaciamadrid municipality has the fourth low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivas, Loire
Rivas is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Loire department The following is a list of the 323 communes of the Loire department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Loire (department) {{Loire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivas Department
Rivas () is a department of the Republic of Nicaragua. It covers an area of 2,162 km2 and has a population of 183,611 (2021 estimate). The department's capital is the city of Rivas. Overview Rivas is known for its fertile soil and beautiful beaches. Throughout the department, there are many sugar cane, plantain, tobacco, and other crop plantations. The department borders Lake Nicaragua to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The southern part of the department borders with Costa Rica. A small fishermen village, called San Juan del Sur, has turned into a popular tourist attraction because of the great beaches in the area. Another major tourist attraction is Ometepe, a large volcanic island inhabited by about 32,000 people (2005 census). Some Nawat Nicarao tribals still live around small towns. Municipalities # Altagracia # Belén # Buenos Aires # Cárdenas # Moyogalpa # Potosí # Rivas # San Jorge # San Juan del Sur # Tola Tola may refer to: Places * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivas, Nicaragua
Rivas () is a city and municipality in southwestern Nicaragua on the Isthmus of the same name. The city proper is the capital of the Department of Rivas and administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name. Climate Rivas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification ''Aw'') with a short dry season from January to April and a lengthy wet season from May to October. Temperatures remain steady throughout the year with the dry season being slightly cooler and range from in January to in May. The average annual precipitation is . Notable people * Erasmo Ramírez, Major League Baseball pitcher. * Violeta Chamorro, first female president of Nicaragua, was born in Rivas. References See also *Nicaragua Canal The Nicaraguan Canal ( es, Canal de Nicaragua), formally the Nicaraguan Canal and Development Project (also referred to as the Nicaragua Grand Canal, or the Grand Interoceanic Canal) was a proposed shipping route through Nicaragu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivas Peaks
Rivas Peaks is a line of rock peaks in Antarctica that jut westward for 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from the south part of Torbert Escarpment in the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956 to 1966. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Merced G. Rivas, a radioman at Ellsworth Station Ellsworth Scientific Station ( es, Estación Científica Ellsworth, or simply ''Estación Ellsworth'' or ''Base Ellsworth'') was a permanent, all year-round originally American, then Argentine Antarctic scientific research station named after Amer ... during the winter of 1958. Mountains of Queen Elizabeth Land Pensacola Mountains {{QueenElizabethLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivas (surname)
Rivas is a surname of Spanish origin, likely derived from ''riba'', an archaic term for the shore of a river. Notable people with the surname include: Government *Cándido Muatetema Rivas (1960–2014), Equatorial Guinea politician * Francisco Rivas Almada, Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce *Juan José González Rivas (born 1951), Spanish jurist and magistrate *Luz Rivas (born 1974), American politician in California *Martín Rivas Texeira (born 1969), Peruvian politician and lawyer *Miguel Ángel Burelli Rivas (1922–2003), Venezuelan lawyer, diplomat and politician *Patricio Rivas, President of Nicaragua from 1855 to 1857 as a puppet of William Walker *Robert Rivas (politician) (born 1980), American politician in California Sports Boxing *Adonis Rivas (born 1972), Nicaraguan boxer and former WBO Super Flyweight and Flyweight world champion *Óscar Rivas (born 1987), Colombian boxer Football (soccer) *Antonio Rivas (Spanish footballer) (born 1965), Spanish footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Battle Of Rivas
The First Battle of Rivas occurred on June 29, 1855, as part of the struggle to resist William Walker, an American filibuster, adventurer and mercenary who arrived in Nicaragua with a small army of mercenaries in June 1855 in support of the Liberal democratic government of General Francisco Castellón in the Nicaraguan civil war. His army, with local support, was able to defeat the Legitimist party (Aristocratic) and conclude the Nicaraguan civil war. Background A civil war was then raging in the Central American republic of Nicaragua. The Liberal party (Democratic) and the Legitimist party (Aristocratic), were constantly warring with one another as they tried to gain political control through violent means. "During a period of six years Nicaragua had had no fewer than fifteen presidents." When Walker first arrived with ''The Falange'' (Filibuster A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Battle Of Rivas
The Second Battle of Rivas occurred on 11 April 1856 between Costa Rican militia under General Mora and the Nicaraguan forces of American mercenary William Walker. The lesser known First Battle of Rivas took place on the 29 June 1855 between Walker's forces and the forces of the Chamorro government of Nicaragua. Background At the time, a major trade route between New York City and San Francisco ran through southern Nicaragua. Ships from New York would enter the San Juan River from the Atlantic and sail across Lake Nicaragua. People and goods would then be transported by stagecoach over a narrow strip of land near the city of Rivas, before reaching the Pacific and being shipped to San Francisco. The commercial exploitation of this route had been attained from a previous Nicaraguan administration to Wall Street tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt's Accessory Transit Company. Garrison and Morgan had wrested control of the company from Vanderbilt and then supported Walker's exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
