Sabanalarga (, Spanish for "Long Plain") is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Atlántico Department Atlántico (, ) is a Departments of Colombia, department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department ...

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. Founded in 1620 by Lucas Dionisio Tesillo y Diego and Marceliano de Jesús Almanza. It became a municipality in 1680.

Geography

Sabanalarga is located in the middle of the

. It is surrounded to the north by the municipalities of

Usiacurí Usiacurí is a municipality and town in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, department of Atlántico Department, Atlántico. References External links Gobernacion del Atlantico - UsiacuríUsiacurí official website
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Baranoa Baranoa is a municipality and city in the colombian department of Atlántico and widely known for being the birth city of the very first documented black president of Colombia, Juan José Nieto Gil. Its geographical location has historically l ...

, and Polonuevo; to the east by the municipality of

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; 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 Piojó is a municipality and town in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, department of Atlántico Department, Atlántico. References External links Piojo official website
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Notable people

* Juana de J. Sarmiento (1899-1979), politician, activist * Mauro Manotas (1995-) Football player for Tijuana

References

External links

Sabanalarga official website

Municipalities of Atlántico Department 1620 establishments in the Spanish Empire {{colombia-geo-stub