Sabana Larga, Elías Piña

Sabana Larga
Municipal District
Sabana Larga
Coordinates: 18°56′38″N 71°39′26″W
Country	Dominican Republic
Province	Elías Piña
Municipality	Comendador
Municipal District since	2004
Area [1]
• Total	101.1 km^2 (39.0 sq mi)
Elevation [2]	327 m (1,073 ft)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	2,056
• Density	20/km^2 (53/sq mi)
• Urban	527
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (AST)

Sabana Larga (in English, "Long Savanna") is a Dominican municipal district of Comendador in the Elías Piña Province near the border with Haiti.

Population

The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 2,056: 1,127 men and 929 women. The urban population was 25.6% of the total population.^[1]

History

Sabana Larga was made a municipal district of Comendador by the law 18 of 20 January 2004;^[3] a municipal district is a part of a municipality that has its own government.

Geography

Sabana Larga is to the northeast of the city of Comendador, on the northern side of the Macasías river, the main left tributary of the Artibonite river.

Economy

The main economic activity of Sabana Larga is farming.

References

1. "IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda. Informe Básico" (PDF) (in Spanish). Oficina Nacional de Estadística. June 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
2. "Provincia de Elías Piña". Geonames.org. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
3. Féliz, Werner D. (2004). División Político-Territorial Dominicana 1944-2004 (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: CONAU.