Sabanilla is a

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of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of

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Toponymy

comes from the root word , which translates as

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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 , 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 Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'état on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco, his secretary for War and the Navy. González ...

administration. On April 24, 1977,

Franz Hinkelammert Franz Josef Hinkelammert (12 January 1931 – 16 July 2023) was a German-born Costa Rican theologian and economist, an influential theorist of liberation theology who wrote theological critiques of capitalism. He was one of the co-founders of th ...

established in Sabanilla the Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones (DEI), which is visited annually by many

liberation theologians Liberation theology is a Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed. In certain contexts, it engages socio-economic analyses, with "social concern for the poor and political liberation for oppressed peoples". In ...

and communitary culture workers from all the Latin American region.

Geography

Sabanilla has an area of km² and an elevation of 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 inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The district is covered by the following road routes: * CR RNS 202

National Route 202 * CR RNS 203

National Route 203

References

{{CostaRica-geo-stub Districts of San José Province Populated places in San José Province