Rivas Department

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Rivas
Costa Rica Honduras Costa Caribe Sur Costa Caribe Norte Jinotega Río San Juan Rivas Chontales Boaco Matagalpa Nueva Segovia Madriz Estelí Chinandega León Managua Carazo Masaya GranadaRivas Department in Nicaragua.svg
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Location of Rivas in Nicaragua
Data
Capital Rivas
population 170,000
surface 2,155 km²
Population density 79 people / km²
structure 10
ISO 3166-2 NI-RI
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Beach in San Juan del Sur / Rivas
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San Pedro Church in the city of Rivas
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San Jorge beach overlooking Ometepe Island

Rivas is a department in Nicaragua , with the capital of the same name Rivas . The department has around 170,000 inhabitants (2006 calculation) and an area of ​​2,155 km².

The Rivas department is in turn divided into ten municipalities :

  1. Altagracia
  2. Belén
  3. Buenos Aires
  4. Cardenas
  5. Moyogalpa
  6. Potosí
  7. Rivas
  8. San Jorge
  9. San Juan del Sur
  10. Tola

geography

The district is located in the south of Nicaragua and is bordered in the south by the border with Costa Rica , in the west by the Pacific Ocean and in the east by Lake Nicaragua .

Attractions

The administrative district is best known for its beaches such as the bay of San Juan del Sur on the Pacific Ocean and San Jorge on Lake Nicaragua and the volcanoes of Ometepe , the largest island in Lake Nicaragua .

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Coordinates: 11 ° 27 ′  N , 85 ° 34 ′  W