Sabanilla | |
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Coordinates: 17°17′N 92°33′W / 17.283°N 92.550°W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Chiapas |
Area | |
• Total | 66.2 sq mi (171.4 km2) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 25,187 |
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 (2,348), Moyos (1,945), El Calvario (1,262), Buenavista (1,229), Majastic (1,221), El Paraíso (1,081), and Cristóbal Colón (1,000), classified as rural. [1]
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]
Boletin del Archivo Histórico Diocesano. Vol 6, Septiembre 1997. San Cristóbal de las Casas.