Sabanilla District, Montes de Oca

Sabanilla is a district of the Montes de Oca canton, in the San José province of Costa Rica.

Toponymy
Sabanilla comes from the root word sabana, which translates as savanna and the diminutive suffix -illa, therefore the meaning becomes little savanna, a small area without a thick tree canopy.

History
By the end of the 19th century, finishes the construction of the Iglesia San Ramón Nonato, it was a work promoted by a visit to the coffee producing town by Monsignor Bernardo Augusto Thiel, second bishop of Costa Rica between 1880 and 1991.

On August 2, 1915, the Montes de Oca canton is founded by law decree 45, under the Alfredo González Flores administration. On April 24, 1977, Franz Hinkelammert established in Sabanilla the Departamento Ecuménico de Investigaciones (DEI), which is visited annually by many liberation theologians and community culture workers from all the Latin American region.

Geography
Sabanilla has an area of 1.78 km2 and an elevation of 1,305 metres.

Locations
There are many residential projects completed:
 * Barrio Arboledas
 * Barrio Cedros
 * Barrio Damiana
 * Barrio El Rodeo
 * Barrio Emmanuel
 * Barrio Españolita
 * Barrio Frutos Umaña
 * Barrio La Familia
 * Barrio Luciana
 * Barrio Málaga
 * Barrio Maravilla
 * Barrio Marsella
 * Barrio Paso Real
 * Barrio Prado
 * Barrio Rosales
 * Barrio Sabanilla (downtown of the district)
 * Barrio San Marino
 * Barrio Toscana
 * Barrio Tulin

Demographics
For the 2011 census, Sabanilla had a population of 10,775 inhabitants.

Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
 * CR RNS 202.svg National Route 202
 * CR RNS 203.svg National Route 203