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

Places

Cueva de Ágreda Cueva de Ágreda is a municipality located in the Soria (province), province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain), INE), the municipality has a population of 95 inhabitants. ...

, 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 autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain * Cuevas de Almudén, 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, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain * Cuevas del Valle, 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 A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calc ...

, a municipality in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain * Cuevas de San Marcos, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga * Cuevas de Vera, 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 Cueva de La Pasiega, or Cave of La Pasiega, situated in the Spain, Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo, is one of the most important monuments of Paleolithic art in Cantabria. It is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since July 2008, as ...

, a cave in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo *

Cueva de las Manos Cueva de las Manos ( Spanish for Cave of the Hands or Cave of Hands) is a cave and complex of rock art sites in the province of Santa Cruz, Argentina, south of the town of Perito Moreno. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands s ...

, a cave in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina * Cueva de los Casares, a cave in Guadalajara, Spain * La Cueva del Indio, 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 contains both a decorated cave and 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 ...

or the Cave of El Castillo, an archaeological site within the complex of the Caverns of Monte Castillo * Cuevas de Sorbas, limestone caves in Sorbas, Almeria, Spain

Other uses

* Cueva people, an extinct indigenous people exterminated in the 16th century * La Cueva High School, a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico *

Salamanca Salamanca () is a Municipality of Spain, municipality and city in Spain, capital of the Province of Salamanca, province of the same name, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is located in the Campo Charro comarca, in the ...

, cave that appears in numerous Hispanic American legends.

People with the surname

Athletes

* Casandra Cuevas *

Christian Cueva Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo (born 23 November 1991) is a Peruvian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Peruvian Primera División, Peruvian Liga 1 club Cienciano and the Peru national football ...

, Peruvian football (soccer) player * José "Pipino" Cuevas, Mexican boxer *

Juan Cuevas Juan Ezequiel Cuevas (born 4 June 1988) is an Argentine-Mexican footballer who plays as a forward. Career Starting his career in 2006, playing for Gimnasia y Esgrima LP. He started to play regularly in 2009, under coach Leonardo Madelón. I ...

, an Argentinian football (soccer) forward *

Nelson Cuevas Nelson Rafael Cuevas Amarilla (; born 10 January 1980) is a Paraguayan former footballer and current singer. He represented the Paraguay national football team at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and the 1999 and 2007 Copa América tour ...

, Paraguayan football (soccer) player *

Pablo Cuevas Pablo Gabriel Cuevas Urroz (; born January 1, 1986) is a Uruguayan tennis coach and a former professional player. Cuevas won the 2008 French Open – Men's doubles, 2008 French Open men's doubles title with Luis Horna, and was especially noted t ...

, Uruguayan tennis player *

William Cuevas William Enrique Cuevas Osorio (born October 14, 1990) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the KT Wiz of the KBO League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. Listed at and , ...

, Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher

Artists

Aida Cuevas Aída Cuevas (; born Aída Gabriela Cuevas Castillo; September 24, 1963) is a Mexican singer and actress. Affectionately known as "The Queen of Ranchera Music”, Cuevas has recorded 40 albums, selling 10 million copies worldwide. Her work has ...

, Mexican ranchera singer *

Carlos Cuevas Carlos Cuevas Sisó (born 27 December 1995) is a Spanish television, film, and theater actor, known for his performances in the Catalan television series ''Ventdelplà'' and ''Merlí (TV series), Merlí''. Early life Carlos Cuevas was born on 2 ...

, Spanish actor * George de Cuevas, Chilean-born ballet impresario and choreographer * José Luis Cuevas, Mexican painter and sculptor * Juan Martín Cueva, Ecuadorian documentary film director * Juan de la Cueva, Spanish dramatist and poet * Beto Cuevas, the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley * Manuel Cuevas, a costume designer for Rock and Roll and Country and Western singers * Minerva Cuevas, a Mexican conceptual artist * Patricio Cueva Jaramillo, Ecuadorian painter and journalist *

Sal Cuevas Salvador "Sal" Cuevas (June 16, 1955 – April 9, 2017) was an American salsa bassist known for his association with the Fania All-Stars from 1978 to 1985. Although he played the upright bass, he was one of the most popular electric bassists ...

, bassist for Ray Barreto and the Fania All-Stars * Sofía Cancino de Cuevas (1897–1982), Mexican composer, pianist, opera promoter, singer and symphonic conductor

Politicians

* Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish diplomat and bishop * Nora Cuevas (born 1959), Chilean public politician * Carlos Cueva Tamaríz, Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and professor * Fernando Cordero Cueva, Ecuadorian politician and architect * Gabriela Cuevas Barron, Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN) * Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, Portuguese-born Sephardi ''gobernador'' of Nuevo León * Arlene Stringer-Cuevas (1933-2020), American politician

Other

* Altamiro de la Cueva, fictional character in a Spanish comic * Andres Cuevas, Australian engineer * Elvira Cuevas, Puerto Rican ecologist * María Luisa Cuevas Rodríguez, Spanish chess master * Keb Cuevas, Filipino environmentalist