- Source: Sabanilla District, Montes de Oca
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
For the 2011 census, Sabanilla had a population of 10,775 inhabitants.
Transportation
= Road transportation
=The district is covered by the following road routes:
National Route 202
National Route 203
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sabanilla District, Montes de Oca
- Montes de Oca (canton)
- List of universities in Costa Rica
- San José, Costa Rica
- National Route 39 (Costa Rica)
- National Route 202 (Costa Rica)
- National Route 203 (Costa Rica)
- Districts of Costa Rica
- Interurbano Line (Costa Rica)
