Sabanalarga | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Atlántico Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Roberto Carlos León Peña |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1620 |
Established Title1: | Incorporated |
Established Date1: | 1833 |
Area Total Km2: | 395.9 |
Area Urban Km2: | 7.36 |
Population As Of: | 2020 est. |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 100049 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 74713 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Sabanalarguero |
Coordinates: | 10.6311°N -74.9211°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 87 |
Area Code: | 57 + 3 |
Website: | Official website |
Sabanalarga (pronounced as /es/, Spanish for "Long Plain") is a municipality in the Atlántico Department, Colombia. Founded in 1620 by Lucas Dionisio Tesillo y Diego and Marceliano de Jesús Almanza. It became a municipality in 1680.
Sabanalarga is located in the middle of the Atlántico Department. It is surrounded to the north by the municipalities of Usiacurí, Baranoa, and Polonuevo; to the east by the municipality of Ponedera; to the south by the municipalities of Candelaria, and Manatí; to the southwest by the municipality of Repelón and to the west by the municipalities of Luruaco and Piojó.