Sabanilla

Municipality in Chiapas, Mexico

17°17′N 92°33′W / 17.283°N 92.550°W / 17.283; -92.550Country

MexicoStateChiapasArea

• Total66.2 sq mi (171.4 km²)Population

(2010)

• Total25,187

Sabanilla is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas in southern Mexico.

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 25,187,^[1] up from 21,156 as of 2005.^[2] It covers an area of 171.4 km².

As of 2010, the town of Sabanilla had a population of 3,052.^[1] Other than the town of Sabanilla, the municipality had 77 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Los Naranjos, Chiapas (2,348), Moyos, Chiapas (1,945), El Calvario, Chiapas (1,262), Buenavista, Chiapas (1,229), Majastic, Chiapas (1,221), El Paraíso, Chiapas (1,081), and Cristóbal Colón, Chiapas (1,000), classified as rural.^[1]

History

Sabanilla was founded in 1771 by 150 migrants from the surrounding villages of Moyos and Tila. They sent a letter to the Spanish King, Carlos III, signed by the only literate person, Matheo Diaz. The priest of Moyos approved the foundation of the settlement.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sabanilla". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Retrieved 23 April 2014.
^ "Sabanilla". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2008.