Sabanilla District, Montes de Oca

Sabanilla is a district in Montes de Oca Canton, Costa Rica.[1][2]

Sabanilla
District
Wood house in Sabanilla.
Sabanilla
Location in Costa Rica
Coordinates: 9.94576°N 84.03389°W / 9.94576; -84.03389
Country Costa Rica
ProvinceSan José
CantonMontes de Oca
Area
 • Total1.78 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Elevation
1,305 m (4,281 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total13,560
 • Density7,617.98/km2 (19,730.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−06:00
Postal code
11502

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.[3]

On August 2, 1915, the Montes de Oca canton is founded by law decree 45, under the Alfredo González Flores administration.[4] On April 24, 1977, Franz Hinkelammert established in Sabanilla the Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones (DEI), which is visited annually by many liberation theologians and communitary culture workers from all the Latin American region.

Demographics

As of 2016, there is a population of 13560 inhabitants, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica.[5]

Geography

There are many residential projects completed:[6]

  • 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

References
  1. "DISTRIBUCIÓN DE JUNTAS RECEPTORAS DE VOTOS" (PDF). Tribunal Supremo de Electiones. 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. "Postal Codes of Costa Rica". 1costarica. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  3. "Historia de la Parroquia". Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  4. "Historia de Montes de Oca".
  5. "Anuario Estadístico 2014-2015" (PDF).
  6. Ministerio de Hacienda. "Mapa de Valores del Terreno por Zonas Homogéneas" (PDF).


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