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Sabanilla
District
Wood house in Sabanilla.
Wood house in Sabanilla.
Sabanilla district location in Costa Rica
Sabanilla district location in Costa Rica
Sabanilla
Location in Costa Rica
Country  Costa Rica
Province San José
Canton Montes de Oca
Area
 • Total 1.78 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Elevation
1,305 m (4,281 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 10,775
 • Density 6,053/km2 (15,680/sq mi)
Time zone UTC−06:00
Postal code
11502

Sabanilla is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

Toponymy

Sabanilla comes from the root word sabana, which translates as savanna and the diminutive suffix -illa, therefore the meaning becomes little savanna, a small area without a thick tree canopy.

History

By the end of the 19th century, finishes the construction of the Iglesia San Ramón Nonato, it was a work promoted by a visit to the coffee producing town by Monsignor Bernardo Augusto Thiel, second bishop of Costa Rica between 1880 and 1991.

On August 2, 1915, the Montes de Oca canton is founded by law decree 45, under the Alfredo González Flores administration. On April 24, 1977, Franz Hinkelammert established in Sabanilla the Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones (DEI), which is visited annually by many liberation theologians and community culture workers from all the Latin American region.

Geography

Sabanilla has an area of 1.78 km² and an elevation of 1,305 metres.

Locations

There are many residential projects completed:

  • Barrio Arboledas
  • Barrio Cedros
  • Barrio Damiana
  • Barrio El Rodeo
  • Barrio Emmanuel
  • Barrio Españolita
  • Barrio Frutos Umaña
  • Barrio La Familia
  • Barrio Luciana
  • Barrio Málaga
  • Barrio Maravilla
  • Barrio Marsella
  • Barrio Paso Real
  • Barrio Prado
  • Barrio Rosales
  • Barrio Sabanilla (downtown of the district)
  • Barrio San Marino
  • Barrio Toscana
  • Barrio Tulin

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1927 1,194
1950 1,178 −1.3%
1963 2,447 107.7%
1973 3,475 42.0%
1984 6,762 94.6%
2000 11,324 67.5%
2011 10,775 −4.8%

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Centro Centroamericano de Población

For the 2011 census, Sabanilla had a population of 10,775 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes:

  • CR RNS 202.svg National Route 202
  • CR RNS 203.svg National Route 203

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Sabanilla (Montes de Oca) para niños

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