Playa (plural playas) may refer to:

Landforms

Endorheic basin An endorheic basin ( ; also endoreic basin and endorreic basin) is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water (e.g. rivers and oceans); instead, the water drainage flows into permanent ...

, also known as a sink, alkali flat or

sabkha A sabkha () is a predominately coastal, supratidal mudflat or sandflat in which evaporite-saline minerals accumulate as the result of a semiarid to arid climate. Sabkhas are gradational between land and intertidal zone within restricted coast ...

, a desert basin with no outlet which periodically fills with water to form a temporary lake *

Dry lake A dry lake bed, also known as a playa (), is a basin or depression that formerly contained a standing surface water body, which disappears when evaporation processes exceed recharge. If the floor of a dry lake is covered by deposits of alkalin ...

, often called a ''playa'' in the southwestern United States

Populated places

United States

Playas, New Mexico Playas is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 74. History It is a former company town, named after a nearby former settlement along the Southern Pacific ...

, an unincorporated community in New Mexico * Playa, Añasco, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Añasco, Puerto Rico * Playa, Guayanilla, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Guayanilla, Puerto Rico *

Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico Barrio Playa, also known as Playa de Ponce, Ponce Playa, or La Playa, is one of the thirty-one barrios that comprise the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Along with Bucaná, Canas (Ponce), Canas, Vayas, and Capitanejo (Ponce), Capitanejo, Pl ...

, a barrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico * Playa, Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico, a barrio in the municipality of Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico *

Playa, Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Playa is a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 4,915. History Playa was in Spain's gazetteers until Puerto Rico was ceded by Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War under the terms of the ...

, a barrio in the municipality of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico

Mexico

Playa del Carmen Playa del Carmen, known colloquially as Playa, is a resort city located along the Caribbean Sea in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. It is part of the municipality of Solidaridad. As of 2020, the city's population was just over 3 ...

, a resort city in the state of

Quintana Roo Quintana Roo, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 administrative divisions of Mexico, federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into municipalities of ...

Cuba

Playa, Havana Playa is a Cuban municipality, located in the Havana province. It covers an area of 36.8 square kilometers, which makes up 8.95% of the provincial extension. Geography Playa is the most northwestern of the ''municipios''. It stretches from the Al ...

, one of the 15 municipalities of the City of Havana, Cuba

Ecuador

Playas Canton General Villamil, also known as Playas, is a Guayas cantons of Ecuador, canton in Ecuador. The Playas canton is located at the south western area of the Guayas Province. Its Canton Capital is Playas, Ecuador, General José de Villamil, also known ...

, Ecuador **

Playas, Ecuador Playas (officially known as General Villamil Playas) is a coastal city located in the province of Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Playas Canton, created in 1989. As of the census of 2022, the city had a population of 48,156. The city takes i ...

, the administrative center of the Playas Canton

Music

Playa (band) Playa was an American Contemporary R&B, R&B/Hip hop music, hip hop group, formed in 1990. The original lineup consisted of Jawaan "Smoke E. Digglera" Peacock, Benjamin "Digital Black" Bush and Static Major, Stephen "Static Major" Garrett. Playa ...

, an American R&B trio * "Playa" (song), by A Boogie wit da Hoodie * "Playa", a song by Baby K

Other

* The Playa,

Black Rock Desert The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region (in the Great Basin shrub steppe ecoregion) of lava beds and Dry lake, playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt ...

, Nevada, United States *

Playa (Chilean law) In Chilean law ''borde costero'' (lit. "coastal border") is defined as; "the said strip of territory that include the public land, the ''playas'', the bays, gulfs, straits and interior channels, and the territorial sea of the republic, hichmakes u ...

, a seashore area and lakeshore area in Chilean law