Sabanalarga, Atlántico
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Sabanalarga | |
Location of the municipality and town of Sabanalarga in the Department of Atlántico. | |
Country | Colombia |
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Region | Caribbean |
Department | Atlántico |
Foundation | |
Government | |
- Mayor | Carlos Adolfo Roca Roa (Conservative Party)[1] |
Population (2005) | |
- Total | 84,410 |
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Website: www.sabanalarga-atlantico.gov.co/sitio.shtml |
Sabanalarga (Spanish for Large Plains) is a municipality in the Atlantico Department, Colombia. Founded in in 1620 by Lucas Dionisio Tesillo y Diego and Marceliano de Jesús Almanza. Became a municipality in 1680.
[edit] Geography
Sabanalarga is located in the middle of the department, Sabanalarga 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 with the municipality of Repelón and to the West with the municipalities of Luruaco and Piojó.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Sabanalarga official website
- (Spanish) Gobernacion del Atlantico - Sabanalarga
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