Sabanalarga, Atlántico

Sabanalarga (Spanish for plains ) is a municipality in the province of Atlántico in Colombia with 127 588 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2005). The community is located 41 km south of Barranquilla near the Colombian Caribbean coast. It was founded in 1620 by Lucas Dionisio Tesillo y Diego de Jesús and Marceliano Almanza. The municipality was Sabanalarga 1680.

Geography

Sabanalarga bordered to the north Usiacurí, Baranoa and Polo Nuevo, on the east by Ponedera, to the south by Candelaria and Manati, in the southwest on Repelon and to the west by Luruaco and piojo.

Baranoa | Barranquilla | Campo de la Cruz | Candelaria | Galapagos | Juan de Acosta | Luruaco | malambo | Manati | Palmar de Varela | piojo | Polo Nuevo | Ponedera | Puerto Colombia | Repelon | Sabanagrande | Sabanalarga | Santa Lucía | Santo Tomás | Soledad | Suan | Tubará | Usiacurí

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