Settlement Type: | town |
Official Name: | Sabanas de San Ángel |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Name1: | Caribbean |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Established Date: | circa 1607 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 977 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[2] |
Population Total: | 14060 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Website: | www.sabanasdesanangel-magdalena.gov.co |
Sabanas de San Ángel (pronounced as /es/), Spanish for Savannas of Saint Angel, is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. Founded around 1607 with the name San Antoñito by the Spanish Colonizers as a pathway town in the route between La Guajira Department and the Magdalena River. On June 24, 1999 the municipality is created with the name of Sabanas de San Angel that segregated from the municipalities of Ariguaní, Pivijay, Chibolo and Plato.
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