Rincon or Rincón (Spanish for ''corner'') may refer to: *

Rincon (meadow) A rincón is a grass meadow. The term is in wide use in English in the southwest United States, where it refers specifically to a sloping (usually steep) meadow on the south facing upper slopes of a forested mountain. These characteristic high ...

People

Rincon (surname) Rincón, Rincon is a Spanish surname. It may refer to these notable people: * Ann Rincon, American electronic design automation engineer *Antonio del Rincón (1566–1601), novo-Hispanic Nahuatl-language grammarian * Carolina Rincón, Mexican ...

Rincón (footballer, born 1977) Gilvan Santos Souza (born 20 April 1977), known as Rincón, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santa Clara. Rincón scored 18 goals for Paços de Ferreira to win promotion to Portuguese Liga. He scored 5 goals in 20 league matches for Ma ...

, born Gilvan Santos Souza, Brazilian football striker * Rincón (footballer, 1980-2013), born Claudiney Ramos, Equatoguinean football defensive midfielder * Rincón (footballer, born 1987), born Carlos Eduardo de Castro Lourenço, Brazilian football centre-back *

Rincon (footballer, born 1994) Rincon Teixeira da Rocha (born 22 July 1994), known simply as Rincon, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Cabofriense as a forward. Club career Santa Cruz-RJ Born in Ubá, Minas Gerais, Rincon only played amateur football well into his 20 ...

, born Rincon Teixeira da Rocha, Brazilian football forward

Places

South America and Caribbean

;Argentina *

Rincón (Catamarca) Rincon or Rincón (Spanish for ''corner'') may refer to: * Rincon (meadow) * Rincon (abandoned meander) People * Rincon (surname) * Rincón (footballer, born 1977), born Gilvan Santos Souza, Brazilian football striker * Rincón (footballer, ...

, Argentine town in Catamarca Province *

Rincón de Los Sauces Rincón de los Sauces ( en, Place of the willows) is a first category municipality and the capital of Pehuenches Department in Neuquén Province, Argentina. History The area was first populated by settlers around the end of the 19th and the star ...

, Argentine town in Neuquén Province *

Rincón (Córdoba) Rincon or Rincón (Spanish for ''corner'') may refer to: * Rincon (meadow) * Rincon (abandoned meander) People * Rincon (surname) * Rincón (footballer, born 1977), born Gilvan Santos Souza, Brazilian football striker * Rincón (footballer, 1 ...

, Argentine town in Córdoba Province ;Bonaire *

Rincon, Bonaire Rincon is one of the two towns in Bonaire, a special municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is situated in the north of the island in an inland valley. History Rincon was established in the 1527 century by the Spanish, and is the olde ...

, one of only two towns on the island of

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

;Costa Rica *

Rincón de Sabanilla Rincón de Sabanilla is a district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, cou ...

, district in San Pablo canton ;Dominican Republic * Rincón, municipal district in La Vega Province ;Falkland Islands *

Rincon Grande Rincon or Rincon Grande is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, on the east shore of Salvador Water, at its north end. refers to a point of land, and such early settlements were often started where cattle could be herded onto ...

, East Falkland ;Panama *

Rincón, Chiriquí Rincón is a corregimiento in Gualaca District, Chiriquí Province, Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of ...

;Puerto Rico Rincón, Puerto Rico, a municipality * Rincón, Cayey, Puerto Rico, a barrio * Rincón, Cidra, Puerto Rico, a barrio *

Rincón, Gurabo, Puerto Rico Rincón is a barrio in the municipality of Gurabo, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 10,967. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898 and became an ...

, a barrio *

Rincón, Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico Rincón or Rincón Pozo is a barrio in the municipality of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 3,450. History Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris ...

, a barrio *

Rincón barrio-pueblo Rincon or Rincón (Spanish for ''corner'') may refer to: * Rincon (meadow) * Rincon (abandoned meander) People * Rincon (surname) * Rincón (footballer, born 1977), born Gilvan Santos Souza, Brazilian football striker * Rincón (footballer, 1 ...

, a barrio of Ríncon, a municipality of Puerto Rico

North America

;Mexico * Rincón de Romos, Mexican town in Aguascalientes ;United States * Rincon de los Esteros, a Mexican land grant in the present Santa Clara County, California *

Rincon, California Rincon is an unincorporated community in San Diego County, California, United States. Its elevation is 1030 feet above sea level. Its coordinates are 33 degrees north, 117 degrees west. Its ZIP code is 92061. The community is located near the R ...

, an Indian Reservation located on the East end of Valley Center, California *

Rincon Hill, San Francisco, California Rincon Hill is a neighborhood in San Francisco, California. It is one of San Francisco's many hills, and one of its original " Seven Hills." The relatively compact neighborhood is bounded by Folsom Street to the north, the Embarcadero to the e ...

, a neighborhood and landform *

Rincon, Georgia Rincon is a city in Effingham County, Georgia, United States. The 2020 population was 10,934, up from 8,836 at the 2010 census. Rincon is part of the Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Rincon, in the southeast area of Effingham Coun ...

, a city *

Rincon Mountains The Rincon Mountains (O'odham: Cew Doʼag) are a significant mountain range east of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, in the United States. The Rincon Mountains are one of five mountain ranges surrounding the Tucson valley. The other ranges include ...

, a mountain range in Arizona *

Rincon, New Mexico Rincon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 271. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Rincon is located at (32.672457, ...

, a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico * Rincon, Riverside County, California the name applied to a tract of land lying on either side of the

Santa Ana River The Santa Ana River is the largest river entirely within Southern California in the United States. It rises in the San Bernardino Mountains and flows for most of its length through San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, before cutting through ...

, from ten to twenty miles below

Riverside, California Riverside is a city in and the county seat of Riverside County, California, United States, in the Inland Empire metropolitan area. It is named for its location beside the Santa Ana River. It is the most populous city in the Inland Empire an ...

. A settlement along the river at its crossing point, later renamed Prado, now a ghost town. *

Rancho El Rincon (Arellanes) Rancho El Rincon was a Mexican land grant in present day Santa Barbara County and Ventura County, California given in 1835 by Governor José Figueroa to Teodoro Arellanes. "Rincon" means "corner" in Spanish. The grant extended along the Pacific ...

, a 4,460-acre (18.0 km2) Mexican land grant in present day Santa Barbara County and Ventura County, California * Rincon (surfspot), at the beach along Rincon Point located at the Ventura / Santa Barbara County line on the Pacific Coast of California, USA *

Rincon Parkway The Rincon Parkway is a portion of California State Route 1 along the north coast of Ventura County, California. This narrow coastal area north of the city of Ventura and south of the Santa Barbara County line is commonly referred to as The Ri ...

, the portion of California State Route 1 along the north coast of Ventura County, California *

Rincon Island (California) Rincon Island ( Spanish: ''Rincón'', meaning "Corner") is a small 2.3-acre artificial island located off Mussel Shoals (also called "Little Rincon") in Ventura County, California on public land leased from the California State Lands Commission ...

, artificial island located off Mussel Shoals (also called "Little Rincon") in Ventura County, California, constructed in 1958 for oil and gas production *

Rincon Point (Santa Barbara County) Rincon Point is a cape on the Santa Barbara Channel at the boundary between Santa Barbara County and Ventura County. This landmark is the site of the Rincon surf spot. A gated residential community occupies much of Rincon Point and straddles the c ...

, a cape on the Santa Barbara Channel at the boundary between Santa Barbara County and Ventura County * Rincon Creek (Southern California), a creek that marks the boundary between Santa Barbara and Ventura County, California *

Rincon Formation The Rincon Formation (or Rincon Shale) is a sedimentary geologic unit of Lower Miocene age, abundant in the coastal portions of southern Santa Barbara County, California eastward into Ventura County. Consisting of massive to poorly bedded shale, ...

, a sedimentary geologic unit of Lower Miocene age, abundant in the coastal portions of southern Santa Barbara County, California eastward into Ventura County. * Rincon Oil Field, a large oil field on the coast of southern California, about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the city of Ventura

Africa

Rincón (Morocco) Rincón, M'Diq or Mediek, in , meaning 'the'Strait'') is a Mediterranean town in northern Morocco located between Fnideq and Tétouan. It borders Mellaliyine in the south and Allyene in the west. It is the seat of M'diq-Fnideq Prefecture. M ...

, Mediterranean town in Morocco between Tangier and Tétouan

Europe

;Spain *

Rincón de la Victoria Rincón de la Victoria () is a municipality in the province of Málaga in the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is the municipality with the highest well-being in the province of Malaga, according to the Synthetic Indicator o ...

, municipality in the Málaga province,

Andalusia Andalusia (, ; es, Andalucía ) is the southernmost Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in Peninsular Spain. It is the most populous and the second-largest autonomous community in the country. It is officially recognised as a ...

CD Rincón Club Deportivo Rincón is a Spanish football team based in Rincón de la Victoria, Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1964, it currently plays in , holding home matches at ''Estadio Francisco Romero'', with a capacity o ...

, a football club located in the city *

Rincón de Soto Rincón de Soto is a village in the Provinces of Spain, province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Burgos, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 3819 people. Notable people *Juan Antonio Llorente *F ...

, village in the La Rioja community

Other

Honda Rincon The Honda Rincon is a model of small ATVs manufactured by Honda. There have been two models, launched in 2003 and 2006. The vehicle is designed as a recreational all-terrain vehicle (ATV), rather than a utility or sport version. The Rincon model d ...

, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) made by Honda from 2003-present * Rincon, the development code-name of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 * Rincon, a mountain bike made by Giant Bicycles *

Rincon Sea Level Road The Rincon Parkway is a portion of California State Route 1 along the north coast of Ventura County, California. This narrow coastal area north of the city of Ventura and south of the Santa Barbara County line is commonly referred to as The Rin ...

, roadway built in 1913 using wooden causeways on the coast between Ventura and Santa Barbara, California * One Rincon Hill, two residential skyscrapers in San Francisco, California, including the tallest U.S. residential skyscraper west of the Mississippi River *

Rincon 1 Rincon 1 was a CubeSat built by the Student Satellite Program of the University of Arizona. The primary payload was furnished by Rincon Research, hence the name. Rincon 1 was the product of the work of about 50 students, ranging from college fresh ...

, a satellite built at the University of Arizona {{disambig, geo