Cuevas

Cuevas is Spanish for "caves". Cuevas, as well as Cueva (the singular form), is a Spanish surname as well as a name used for many geographical places.

See also Cueva people.

People

Athletes

• José "Pipino" Cuevas, Mexican boxer
• Juan Cuevas, an Argentinian football (soccer) forward
• Nelson Cuevas, Paraguayan football (soccer) player
• Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player

Artists

• Patricio Cueva Jaramillo, Ecuadorian painter and journalist
• Juan Martín Cueva, Ecuadorian documentary film director
• Aida Cuevas, Mexican ranchera singer
• Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo, the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley
• José Luis Cuevas, Mexican painter and sculptor
• Juan de la Cueva, Spanish dramatist and poet
• Manuel Arturo José Cuevas Martínez, a costume designer for Rock and Roll and Country and Western singers
• Minerva Cuevas, a Mexican conceptual artist
• Sal Cuevas, bassist for Ray Barreto and the Fania All-Stars
• George de Cuevas, a Chilean-born ballet impresario and choreographer

Politicians

• Carlos Cueva Tamaríz, Ecuadorian politician, lawyer and professor
• Fernando Cordero Cueva, Ecuadorian politician and architect
• Luis Carvajal y de la Cueva, Portuguese-born Sephardi gobernador of Nuevo León
• Alfonso de la Cueva, marqués de Bedmar, Spanish diplomat and bishop
• Gabriela Cuevas Barron, a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party (PAN)

Other

• Altamiro de la Cueva, fictional character in a Spanish comic
• Juan de Cuevas, American hero during War of 1812 (see Cat Island (Mississippi))
• the Cueva people are an extinct indigenous people exterminated in the 16th century

Places

• Cueva de Ágreda, a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain
• Cuevas Bajas, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain
• Cuevas de Almudén, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain
• Cuevas del Almanzora, a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain
• Cuevas del Becerro, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia in southern Spain
• Cuevas del Valle, a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain
• Cuevas de Provanco, a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain
• Cuevas de San Clemente, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain
• Cuevas de San Marcos, a town and municipality in the province of Málaga
• Cuevas de Vera, a town in south-eastern Spain, on the right bank of the river Almanzora
• Cuevas Labradas, a town in the province of Teruel, Aragón, Spain

See also

• Las Cuevas (disambiguation)

Caves

• Cueva de La Pasiega, cave in the Spanish municipality of Puente Viesgo
• Cueva de las Manos, cave in Santa Cruz Province (Argentina)
• Cueva de los Casares, cave in Guadalajara, Spain
• La Cueva del Indio, cave in Puerto Rico
• Cueva de los Verdes, cave in the Canary Islands
• Cuevas de El Castillo, or the Cave of El Castillo, an archaeological site within the complex of the Caverns of Monte Castillo
• Cuevas del Indio, a cave in Venezuela
• Cuevas de Sorbas, limestone caves in Sorbas, Almeria, Spain

Institutions

• La Cueva High School, a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico