Sabanalarga

Sabanalarga
Coordinates: 10 ° 38 ′ N , 74 ° 55 ′ W Sabanalarga on the map of Colombia	Sabanalarga
	Sabanalarga
	Location of Sabanalarga in the Atlántico Department
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Atlántico
City foundation	1744
Residents	102,334 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	399 km 2
Population density	256 people / km 2
height	108 m
Waters	Embalse del Guájaro
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	José Elías Chams Chams (Cambio Radical, 2016–2019)
Website	www.sabanalarga-atlantico.gov.co/index.shtml
	Church in Sabanalarga

Sabanalarga (Spanish for wide plain ) is a municipality ( municipio ) in Colombia in the Atlántico department .

geography

Sabanalarga is 41 km south of Barranquilla near the Colombian Caribbean coast. Part of the El Guájaro reservoir is located in the municipality . Sabanalarga borders Usiacurí , Baranoa and Polonuevo to the north, Ponedera to the east, Candelaria and Manatí to the south, Repelón to the southwest and Luruaco and Piojó to the west .

population

The municipality of Sabanalarga has 102,334 inhabitants, of which 84,828 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

The history of Sabanalarga goes back to the 16th century, when the area of today's municipality was settled by isolated groups. From 1719 there was a first church. The official establishment took place in 1744 by the viceroy Sebastián de Eslava y Lazaga arranged at the current location. Sabanalarga received the status of a villa in 1833 and thus became the capital of the fourth canton of the province of Cartagena. In 1860 Sabanalarga became the capital of the newly created province of Sabanalarga. This was merged with Barranquilla in 1905 to form the new Departamento Atlántico.

economy

The main industries of Sabanalarga are agriculture , cattle production and trade . In particular, sugar cane , cotton , corn and bananas are grown. The most important cattle exhibition in the region takes place once a year.

Sports

Uniautónoma FC , a former professional football club of the Universidad Autónoma del Caribe, was based in Sabanalarga from 2010 to 2013 . The club played its home games in the second division at the Estadio Marcos Henríquez , which has a capacity of around 8,000 seats. After promotion to the first division , the stadium was too small and the club moved to Barranquilla. After relegated to the second division in 2015, the club was dissolved and the right to start was sold.

Web links

Commons : Sabanalarga - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldía Municipal de Sabanalarga en Atlántico. Alcaldía de Sabanalarga - Atlántico, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Sabanalarga).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Sabanalarga - Atlántico, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish, information about the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
↑ Sabanalarga pasa la prueba de Dimayor y será sede de la Uniautónoma. elheraldo.co, January 23, 2011, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish).
^ Uniautónoma FC desaparecerá del profesionalismo. elheraldo.co, November 27, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Sabanalarga - Atlántico, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish, information about the municipality).

[2] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[3] Sabanalarga pasa la prueba de Dimayor y será sede de la Uniautónoma. elheraldo.co, January 23, 2011, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish).

[4] Uniautónoma FC desaparecerá del profesionalismo. elheraldo.co, November 27, 2015, accessed on May 16, 2019 (Spanish).