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Rivas (department)
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Rivas

Maritime department in southwest Nicaragua; area 2,149 sq km/830sq mi; population (1995) 141,800. It is situated between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. The land is hilly inland, but lower and more fertile towards the coast in the west. Livestock is raised in the valleys. Cacao, rice, maize, tobacco, coffee, sesame, sugar cane, fruit, and cotton are grown. The capital is Rivas.



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