Rivas Depairtment
Rivas is a depairtment o the Republic o Nicaragua. It covers an aurie o 2,155 km² an haes a population o 166,900 (2005 census). The depairtment's caipital is the ceety o Rivas.
| Rivas | |
| Departamento de Rivas | |
| Depairtment | |
| Kintra | Nicaragua |
|---|---|
| Caipital | Rivas |
| Area | 2,155 km2 (832 sq mi) |
| Population | 166,900 (2005) |
| ISO 3166-2 | NI-RI |
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Owerview
eeditRivas is kent for its fertile sile an brawnnie beaches. Throughoot the depairtment, thare are mony succar cane, plantain, tobacco, an ither crop plantations. The depairtment borders Loch Nicaragua tae the east an the Paceefic Ocean tae the wast. The soothren pairt o the depairtment borders wi Costa Rica. A sma fishermen veelage, cried San Juan del Sur, haes turned intae a popular tourist attraction acause o the great beaches in the aurie. Anither major tourist attraction is Ometepe, a lairge volcanic island inhabitit bi aboot 32,000 fowk (2005 census).
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