Sabanilla is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and one of the 119
Municipalities of Chiapas
Chiapas is a state in Southwest Mexico. According to the 2020 Mexican Census, it has the eighth largest population of all states with inhabitants and the 10th largest by land area spanning . Chiapas is officially divided into 124 municipalities, ...
, in southern
Mexico
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.
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 25,187,
up from 21,156 as of 2005.
It covers an area of 171.4 km
2.
As of 2010, the town of Sabanilla had a population of 3,052.
[ Other than the town of Sabanilla, the municipality had 77 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Los Naranjos (2,348), Moyos (1,945), ]El Calvario
El Calvario is a town and municipality in the Meta Department, Colombia. It was the epicenter of the 2008 Colombia earthquake.
Climate
El Calvario has a borderline subtropical highland climate (Köppen ''Cfb'')/tropical rainforest climate
A tr ...
(1,262), Buenavista (1,229), Majastic (1,221), El Paraíso (1,081), and Cristóbal Colón
Christopher Columbus
* lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo
* es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón
* pt, Cristóvão Colombo
* ca, Cristòfor (or )
* la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...
(1,000), classified as rural.[
]
History
Sabanilla was founded in 1771 by 150 migrants from the surrounding villages of Moyos and Tila. They sent a letter to the Spanish King, Carlos III, signed by the only literate person, Matheo Diaz. The priest of Moyos approved the foundation of the settlement.
References
Boletin del Archivo Histórico Diocesano. Vol 6, Septiembre 1997. San Cristóbal de las Casas.
Municipalities of Chiapas
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