Back إدارة ريفاز Arabic Рывас (дэпартамент) BE Ривас (департамент) Bulgarian Departamant Rivas BR Departament de Rivas Catalan Departamento de Rivas CEB Rivas (departement) Czech Departamento Rivas German Ρίβας (Νικαράγουα) Greek Rivas (departemento) EO
Rivas
Departamento de Rivas | |
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Department | |
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| Country | Nicaragua |
| Capital | Rivas |
| Area | |
• Department | 2,162 km2 (835 sq mi) |
| Population (2021 estimate)[1] | |
• Department | 183,611 |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 91,899 |
| ISO 3166-2 | NI-RI |
Rivas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈriβas]) is a department of the Republic of Nicaragua. It covers an area of 2,162 km2 (835 sq mi) and has a population of 183,611 (2021 estimate). The department's capital is the city of Rivas. The indigenous inhabitants of Rivas are the Nicarao, and was the location of the pre-Columbian Nahua chiefdoms of Kwawkapolkan and Kakawatan.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ "Nicaragua: Departments, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". City Population.
- ^ "Nahoas. Territorio indígena y gobernanza".
- ^ Vida de González Dávila, Gil. Ávila, c. 1480 – 21.IV.1526. Descubridor y conquistador. et al., 2012
- ^ Historia general y natural de las Indias, islas y tierra-firme del mar océano; por el Capitán Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés; Primer Cronista del Nuevo Mundo; publícala la Real Academia de la Historia.- Tomo IV.- Libro XLII.- Capitulo XIII.
- ^ Colonización de américa, cuando la historia marcha, de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo c. 1480 - 1557, 2006