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Rivas Department, Nicaraguai
Regional Level Types
Rivas DepartmentDepartment
NicaraguaCountry

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Area:
2,155 km2
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Rivas30,000 (2018)
San Juan del Sur7,790 (2018)
San Jorge7,158 (2018)
Belén5,415 (2018)
Potosí5,222 (2018)
Moyogalpa3,940 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
123328
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:123328:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Rivas, Nicaragua
German:
Departamento Rivas, Nicaragua
Italian:
dipartimento di Rivas, Nicaragua
Russian:
Ривас, Никарагуа
Simplified Chinese:
里瓦斯省, 尼加拉瓜
Spanish:
Rivas, Nicaragua
Arabic:
إدارة ريفاز, نيكاراجوا
Asturian:
Departamentu de Rivas
Basque:
Rivasko departamendua
Belarusian:
Рывас , Нікарагуа
Breton:
Departamant Rivas
Bulgarian:
Ривас, Никарагуа
Catalan:
Departament de Rivas, Nicaragua
Cebuano:
Departamento de Rivas
Czech:
Rivas, Nikaragua
Dutch:
Rivas, Nicaragua
Esperanto:
Rivas
Farsi/Persian:
بخش ریواس, نیکاراگوئه
Galician:
Departamento de Rivas, Nicaragua
Georgian:
რივასის დეპარტამენტი
Greek:
Ρίβας, Νικαράγουα
Hungarian:
Rivas megye, Nicaragua
Indonesian:
Departemen Rivas, Nikaragua
Japanese:
リバス県, ニカラグア
Judaeo-Spanish:
Rivas
Korean:
리바스주, 니카라과
Lithuanian:
Rivaso departamentas, Nikaragva
Malay:
Pentadbiran Rivas
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Rivas Koān
Nahuatl:
Tlālxeliuhcāyōtl Rivas
Northern Frisian:
Rivas
Norwegian:
Rivas, Nicaragua
Ossetian:
Ривас
Polish:
Rivas, Nikaragua
Portuguese:
Rivas, Nicarágua
Quechua:
Rivas suyu
Romanian:
Departamentul Rivas, Nicaragua
Scots:
Rivas Depairtment
Swedish:
Rivas, Nicaragua
Thai:
จังหวัดริบัส, ประเทศนิการากัว
Traditional Chinese:
里瓦斯省
Turkish:
Rivas , Nikaragua
Ukrainian:
Рівас, Нікарагуа
Urdu:
ریواز محکمہ
Waray:
Rivas


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Fossils

There are 2 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences3
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed37.2 Ma (Eocene)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Brito237.2 - 33.9 Ma (Paleogene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Mammuthus columbi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Elephantidae : Mammuthus : Mammuthus columbi2.588 - 0.0117 Ma
Pleistocene
Astrocoenia dachiardii
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Astrocoeniidae : Astrocoenia : Astrocoenia dachiardii37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Syzygophyllia hayesi
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Syzygophyllia : Syzygophyllia hayesi37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivas_Department
Wikidata ID:Q728127
GeoNames ID:3617051


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