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 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 inte ...

, a commune in France. * Rivas Department, Nicaragua ** Rivas, Nicaragua, a city and municipality, capital of the department *

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 (USG ...

, Antarctica.

People

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 Riv ...

Battles

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 L ...

(June 29, 1855), between the Nicaraguan army and rebel forces under William Walker *

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 ...

(April 11, 1856), between the Costa Rican militia under General Mora and the Nicaraguan forces of William Walker