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Rivas (Spanish: [ˈriβas]) 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. Notable people • Erasmo Ramírez, Major League Baseball pitcher. • Violeta Chamorro, first female president of Nicaragua, was born in Rivas.