Cuevas or Cueva (Spanish for "''cave(s)''") may refer to:

Places

* Cueva de Ágreda, a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain *

Cuevas Bajas Cuevas Bajas is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It belongs to the comarca of Nororma. It is part of the judicial district of Archidona. The municipality is situ ...

, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain *

Cuevas de Almudén Cuevas de Almudén is a municipality located in the province of Teruel, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center * Institu ...

, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain * Cuevas del Almanzora, a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain *

Cuevas del Becerro Cuevas del Becerro is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated approximately 20 kilometers from Ronda and 105 km from the city of Málag ...

, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain *

Cuevas del Valle Cuevas del Valle is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research center ...

, a municipality in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain * Cuevas de Provanco, a municipality in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain *

Cuevas de San Clemente Cuevas de San Clemente is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear research ...

, a municipality in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain *

Cuevas de San Mar Cuevas de San Marcos is a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. The municipality is situated in the northern part of the Antequera region, on the border of the province ...

cos, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga *

Cuevas de Vera Cuevas or Cueva (Spanish for "''cave(s)''") may refer to: Places * Cueva de Ágreda, a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain * Cuevas Bajas, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonom ...

, a town in south-eastern Spain, on the right bank of the river Almanzora * Cuevas Labradas, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain

Caves

* Cueva de La Pasiega, a cave in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo * Cueva de las Manos, a cave in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina *

Cueva de los Casares Cueva de los Casares is a cave in Riba de Saelices (Province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha, Spain). Discovered in 1933, it contains a number of paleolithic cave paintings, and is most notable for a series of paintings depicting what some ...

, a cave in Guadalajara, Spain *

La Cueva del Indio LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

, a cave in Puerto Rico, site of

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Cueva de los Verdes Cueva de los Verdes (Spanish for "Verdes' cave", from the "Verdes" family) is a lava tube and tourist attraction of the Haria municipality on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands (Spain). The cave lies within the Monumento Natural del ...

, a cave in the Canary Islands *

Cuevas de El Castillo The Cueva del Castillo, or Cave of the Castle, is an archaeological site within the complex of the Caves of Monte Castillo, in Puente Viesgo, Cantabria, Spain. The archaeological stratigraphy has been divided into around 19 layers, depending ...

or the Cave of El Castillo, an archaeological site within the complex of the Caverns of Monte Castillo *

Cuevas de Sorbas Cuevas de Sorbas are the tourist gypsum caves in Sorbas in Almeria, Spain. The formations are 6 million years old and consist of karst in gypsum Gypsum is a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula ...

, limestone caves in Sorbas, Almeria, Spain

Other uses

Cueva people The Cueva were an indigenous tribe which was one of the first in Panama, along with the Kamëntsá. When the Spanish invaded Panama throughout the 16th century, the Cueva began dying out, and were extinct by 1535. See also * Cueva language * K ...

, an extinct indigenous people exterminated in the 16th century *

La Cueva High School La Cueva High School is a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, within the Albuquerque Public Schools District. Its mascot is the Bears. The La Cueva feeder schools include Desert Ridge Middle School, Des ...

, a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico

People with the surname

Athletes

* Casandra Cuevas * Christian Cueva, Peruvian football (soccer) player * José "Pipino" Cuevas, Mexican boxer * Juan Cuevas, an Argentinian football (soccer) forward * Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan football (soccer) player * Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player * William Cuevas, Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher

Artists

Aida Cuevas Aída Cuevas (; born Aída Gabriela Cuevas Castillo; September 24, 1963) is a Mexican singer and actress. Life Aída Cuevas began singing in amateur contests at the age of 11 and was quickly discovered because of her exceptional talent. Her f ...

, Mexican ranchera singer * Carlos Cuevas, Spanish actor * George de Cuevas, Chilean-born ballet impresario and choreographer * José Luis Cuevas, Mexican painter and sculptor *

Juan Martín Cueva Juan Martín Cueva Armijos (born October 9, 1966, in Paris France) is an Ecuadorian documentary film director and the director of the Filmfestival "Cero Latitud" in Quito. His documentary film "Where the poles meet" won the Best Documentary at t ...

, Ecuadorian documentary film director *

Juan de la Cueva Juan de la Cueva de Garoza (1543–1612) was a Spanish dramatist and poet. He was born in Seville to an aristocratic family; his younger brother Claudio, with whom he spent some time in Guadalajara, Mexico, went on to become an archdeacon and ...

, Spanish dramatist and poet * Beto Cuevas, the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley *

Manuel Cuevas Manuel Arturo José Cuevas Martínez Sr. (born April 23, 1933 in Coalcomán Michoacán) is a Mexican fashion designer best known for the garments he created for prominent rock and roll and country music acts. Early life Manuel Arturo José Cueva ...

, a costume designer for Rock and Roll and Country and Western singers *

Minerva Cuevas Minerva Cuevas (born 1975) is a Mexican conceptual artist known for site-specific interventions guided by social and political research and social change ideals. Her production includes installation, video works and photographic works as well as ...

, a Mexican conceptual artist *

Patricio Cueva Jaramillo Patricio Cueva Jaramillo (28 December 1928 – 19 May 2010) was a Latin American painter and journalist. Cueva was born in Cuenca. He was the second son of Carlos Cueva Tamaríz (1898–1991) and his wife Rosa Esther Jaramillo Montesinos. Cueva' ...

, Ecuadorian painter and journalist *

Sal Cuevas Salvador "Sal" Cuevas (1955 – April 9, 2017) was an American salsa bassist known for his association with the Fania All-Stars from 1978 to 1985. Although he also played the upright bass, he was one of the most popular electric bassists in the N ...

, bassist for Ray Barreto and the Fania All-Stars *

Sofía Cancino de Cuevas Sofía Cancino de Cuevas (July 29, 1897 – December 16, 1982) was a Mexican composer, pianist, opera promoter, singer, and her country's first woman symphonic conductor. Biography Sofía Cancino de Cuevas was born in Mexico City on July 29, 1897. ...

(1897–1982), Mexican composer, pianist, opera promoter, singer and symphonic conductor

Politicians

Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar Alfonso de la Cueva-Benavides y Mendoza-Carrillo, marqués de Bedmar (first name also spelled ''Alonso'', often used was the title ''Bedmar'') (25 July 157410 August 1655) was a Spanish diplomat, bishop and Roman Catholic cardinal. He was bor ...

, Spanish diplomat and bishop *

Nora Cuevas María Nora Cuevas Contreras (born 4 January 1959) is a Chilean public relations officer and politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI). She has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies for District 14 since August 2020. She previously ...

(born 1959), Chilean public politician *

Carlos Cueva Tamaríz Carlos Cueva Tamariz ( November 5, 1898 – April 8, 1991) was an Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and university professor. Early life Carlos Cueva was born on November 5, 1898 the first son of Agustín Cueva Muñoz and his wife Domitila Tamariz L ...

, Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and professor *

Fernando Cordero Cueva Juan Fernando Cordero Cueva (born May 27, 1952 in Cuenca) is an Ecuadorian politician and architect. He was the mayor of Cuenca between 1996 and 2005. He was also Member of the Ecuadorian Congress and President of the Ecuadorian Constituent Assem ...

, Ecuadorian politician and architect *

Gabriela Cuevas Barron Gabriela Cuevas Barron (born April 3, 1979) is a Mexican politician. She is the current President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and a current senator for Mexico. Personal life and education Cuevas, at the age of 15, became interested in publi ...

, Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN) *

Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva Luis de Carvajal (sometimes Luis de Carabajal y de la Cueva) ( – 13 February 1591) was governor of the Spanish empire, Spanish province of Nuevo León in present-day Mexico, slave trader, and the first Spanish subject known to have entered Tex ...

, Portuguese-born Sephardi ''gobernador'' of Nuevo León *

Arlene Stringer-Cuevas Arlene Stringer-Cuevas (née Gluss; September 25, 1933 – April 3, 2020) was an American politician, educator, and civil servant. She was a schoolteacher before serving on the New York City Council from 1976 to 1977. Stringer-Cuevas later w ...

(1933-2020), American politician

Other

Altamiro de la Cueva ''Altamiro de la Cueva'' is a Spanish comic strip series, created in 1965 by Joan Bernet Toledano and Carles Bech and published in the comic book magazine '' TBO''. Concept The stories feature funny adventures about a bunch of prehistoric cavem ...

, fictional character in a Spanish comic *

Andres Cuevas Andres Cuevas is a professor of engineering at the Australian National University, Canberra. He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014 for contributions to the science and technological develop ...

, Australian engineer *

Elvira Cuevas Elvira Cuevas Viera is a Puerto Rican ecologist. She is a professor in the department of biology at University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus where she serves as director of thCenter for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation. Early life ...

, Puerto Rican ecologist *

María Luisa Cuevas Rodríguez María Luisa Cuevas Rodríguez (born 8 March 1965) is a Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1988). She is a seven time Spanish Chess Championship, Spanish Women's Chess Champion (1985, 1986, 1987, 19 ...

, Spanish chess master