Rivas, Nicaragua

Template:For Template:Infobox settlement Rivas (Template:IPA) is a city and municipality in southwestern Nicaragua on the Isthmus of the same name. The city proper is the capital of the Department of Rivas and administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name.

Climate

Rivas has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen climate classification Aw) with a short dry season from January to April and a lengthy wet season from May to October. Temperatures remain steady throughout the year with the dry season being slightly cooler and range from Template:Convert in January to Template:Convert in May. The average annual precipitation is Template:Convert.

Notable people

• Erasmo Ramírez, Major League Baseball pitcher.
• Violeta Chamorro, first female president of Nicaragua, was born in Rivas.

See also

• Nicaragua Canal