{{Short description|Canton in San José province, Costa Rica}} {{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|Cantón de Desamparados|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Desamparados |native_name_lang = es |settlement_type = [[Cantons of Costa Rica|Canton]] |pushpin_map = Costa Rica San José#Costa Rica |pushpin_map_alt = Desamparados canton location in San José Province##Desamparados canton location in Costa Rica |pushpin_map_caption = Desamparados canton location in San José Province##Desamparados canton location in Costa Rica |coordinates = {{coord|9.8114083|-84.0289552|type:adm2nd_region:CR|display=inline,title}} |image_flag = Bandera de Desamparados.svg |image_seal = Escudo del cantón de Desamparados.svg | mapframe = yes | mapframe-point = none |map_alt = Desamparados canton |map_caption = Desamparados canton |image_skyline = |image_alt = |image_caption = |established_title = Creation |established_date = 4 November 1862 |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{CRI}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Costa Rica|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[San José Province|San José]] |seat_type = City |seat = [[Desamparados District, Desamparados|Desamparados]] |government_type = [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipality]] |governing_body = {{lang|es|Municipalidad de Desamparados}} |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = María Antonieta Naranjo Brenes [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|(PLN)]] |parts_type = [[Districts of Costa Rica|Districts]] |parts_style = list |parts = Districts |p1 = [[Desamparados District, Desamparados|Desamparados]] |p2 = [[San Miguel District, Desamparados|San Miguel]] |p3 = [[San Juan de Dios District|San Juan de Dios]] |p4 = [[San Rafael Arriba District|San Rafael Arriba]] |p5 = [[San Antonio District, Desamparados|San Antonio]] |p6 = [[Frailes District|Frailes]] |p7 = [[Patarrá District|Patarrá]] |p8 = [[San Cristóbal District, Costa Rica|San Cristóbal]] |p9 = [[Rosario District, Desamparados|Rosario]] |p10 = [[Damas District|Damas]] |p11 = [[San Rafael Abajo District|San Rafael Abajo]] |p12 = [[Gravilias District|Gravilias]] |p13 = [[Los Guido District|Los Guido]] |area_total_km2 = 118.89 |elevation_m = 1270 |population_total = 208411 |population_as_of = 2011 |population_est = 223226 |pop_est_as_of = 2022 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[UTC−06:00]] |blank_name = Canton code |blank_info = 103 |website = {{URL|https://www.desamparados.go.cr }} }} '''Desamparados''' is the 3rd [[Cantons of Costa Rica|canton]] in the province of [[San José Province|San José]] in [[Costa Rica]]. The canton covers an area of {{cvt|118.89|km2}},<ref name="ignarea">{{Cite web |website=Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica |date=20 June 2024 |title=División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica |trans-title=Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica |url=https://files.snitcr.go.cr/boletines/DTA-TABLA%20POR%20PROVINCIA-CANT%C3%93N-DISTRITO%202024.pdf |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=es |format=PDF}}</ref> and had a population of {{formatnum:223226}} in 2022,<ref name="2022popest">{{Cite web |author=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |author-link=National Institute of Statistics and Census of Costa Rica |date=July 2023 |title=Resultados Estimacion de Poblacion y Vivienda 2022 |trans-title=2022 Population and Housing Estimate Results |url=https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-11/reResultadosEstimacionPoblacionVivienda2022_3.xlsx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604233425/https://admin.inec.cr/sites/default/files/2023-11/reResultadosEstimacionPoblacionVivienda2022_3.xlsx |archive-date=2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-04-21 |language=es |format=XLSX}}</ref> making it the third most populated among the 81 cantons of Costa Rica. The canton's capital city is also called [[Desamparados]].
The canton begins in the southern suburbs of the national capital city of [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]], with the Tiribí River marking its northern boundary. It snakes its way south as a backward letter S, finally reaching its southern limit at the Tarrazú River. It contains the bigger of the last forest lungs in the [[Greater Metropolitan Area (Costa Rica)|Greater Metropolitan Area]], the Loma Salitral, which conservation issues have generated social conflicts between community environmentalists and immobility developers, as it is seen as an identity mark of the desamparadeño people and a vital infiltration area to prevent the frequents and disastrous floods in the district of [[Gravilias]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.informa-tico.com/4-04-2018/sala-iv-resuelve-favor-proteccion-loma-salitral-desamparados|title=Sala IV resuelve a favor de la protección de la Loma Salitral en Desamparados}}</ref>
Urban areas claim 80.4% of the canton's population. Those under age 10 comprise 19.8% of its inhabitants, while 5.1% are over 65.
== History == The canton was established by a legislative decree of November 4, 1862.<ref name="crevoterritorial">{{cite book |last1=Hernández |first1=Hermógenes |title=Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 |date=1985 |publisher=Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia |location=San José |isbn=9977-64-243-5 |pages=164–173 |edition=1 |url=https://ccp.ucr.ac.cr/bvp/mapoteca/CostaRica/generales/atlas_censal/ |access-date=5 October 2020 |language=es}}</ref>
== Government == === Mayor === According to Costa Rica's [[Local government in Costa Rica|Municipal Code]], mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.<ref name="codmuni">{{Cite web |author=Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica |author-link=Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica |date=13 May 2024 |title=Código Municipal |trans-title=Municipal Code |url=http://www.pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/Normas/nrm_texto_completo.aspx?nValor1=1&nValor2=40197 |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica |language=es}}</ref> As of the latest [[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|municipal elections in 2024]], the [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] candidate, María Antonieta Naranjo Brenes, was elected mayor of the canton with 26.38% of the votes, with Carlos Alberto Padilla Corella and Kenneth Alexander Cubillo Vargas as first and second vice mayors, respectively.<ref name="2024alcdec">{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |date=21 February 2024 |title=N.° 1658-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de alcaldías y vicealcaldías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/1658-E11-2024.html |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" |+ Mayors since the [[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002 elections]]<ref name="decs">{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Supreme Electoral Court of Costa Rica |title=Resoluciones declaratorias de elección |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/declaratorias.htm |access-date=20 July 2024 |website=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |language=es}}</ref> !Period !Name !Party |- |[[2002 Costa Rican municipal elections|2002–2006]] |Carlos Alberto Padilla Corella | rowspan="7" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|frameless|border|upright=.1]] [[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|PLN]] |- |[[2006 Costa Rican municipal elections|2006–2010]] | rowspan="2" |Maureen Fallas Fallas |- |[[2010 Costa Rican municipal elections|2010–2016]] |- |[[2016 Costa Rican municipal elections|2016–2020]] | rowspan="2" |Gilbert Adolfo Jiménez Siles<ref group="lower-alpha">Also legally known as Gilbert Jiménez Siles</ref> |- |[[2020 Costa Rican municipal elections|2020–2022]] |- |2022–2024 |Hazel Torres Hernández |- |[[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024–2028]] |María Antonieta Naranjo Brenes |}
=== Municipal Council === Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called {{lang|es|regidores}}) are elected every four years. Desamparados' Municipal Council has 11 seats for regidores and their substitutes, who can participate in meetings but not vote unless the owning regidor ({{Lang|es|regidor propietario}}) is absent.<ref name="codmuni" /> The current president of the Municipal Council is the regidor for [[Social Christian Unity Party]], María Isabel Llamas Echeverría, with the regidor for Our Town Party, Luis José Flores Jiménez, as vice president.<ref name="concmuni">{{Cite web |author=Concejo Municipal de Desamparados |date=18 June 2024 |title=Acta no. 39-2024 |url=https://transparencia.desamparados.go.cr/files/625/Actas-2024/9051/Acta-no-39-2024.docx |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Municipalidad de Desamparados |language=es |format=DOCX}}</ref> The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024-2028 period is as follows:
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="margin:auto;" |+ Current composition of the Municipal Council of Desamparados after the [[2024 Costa Rican municipal elections|2024 municipal elections]]<ref name="2024regdec">{{Cite web |author=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones |author-link=Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones de Costa Rica |date=12 February 2024 |title=N.° 2218-E11-2024 - Declaratoria de elección de regidurías de las municipalidades de los cantones de la provincia de San José, para el período comprendido entre el primero de mayo de dos mil veinticuatro y el treinta de abril de dos mil veintiocho. |url=https://www.tse.go.cr/juris/relevantes/2218-E11-2024.html |access-date=20 July 2024 |language=es}}</ref> |- | colspan="6" |[[File:Costa_Rica_Desamparados_Concejo_Municipal_2024.svg|frameless|center]] |- ! colspan="6" |'''Political parties in the Municipal Council of Desamparados''' |----- ! colspan="3" rowspan="2" |Political party ! colspan="3" | Regidores |- !№ !Owner !Substitute |- | rowspan="3" |[[File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="3" |[[National Liberation Party (Costa Rica)|National Liberation Party]] (PLN) | rowspan="3" bgcolor="#14A54E" | | rowspan="3" | 3 |Gabriel Gustavo Picado Oviedo |Vinicio Alberto Valverde Chacón |- |Karla Vanessa Mora Rodríguez |Zaira Elena Romero Fallas |- |Juan Chacón Castillo |Manuel Araya Badilla |----- | rowspan="2" |[[File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] | rowspan="2" |[[Social Christian Unity Party]] (PUSC) | rowspan="2" bgcolor="#C51A21" | | rowspan="2" | 2 |Jonatan Mauricio Chavarría Sibaja |Randall Sibaja Miranda |- |María Isabel Llamas Echeverría<sup>(P)</sup> |Carmen Martínez Jackson |----- |[[File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[Social Democratic Progress Party]] (PSD) | bgcolor="#292ECC" | | 1 |Ricardo Antonio Arce Díaz |William Solera Alfaro |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)|Progressive Liberal Party]] (PLP) | bgcolor="#FF7400" | |1 |Luis Guillermo Gómez Godínez |Javier Umaña Valenciano |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Nuestro Pueblo Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |Our Town Party (PNP) | bgcolor="#9428BC" | |1 |Luis José Flores Jiménez<sup>(VP)</sup> |Adrián Eduardo Monge Monge |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Nueva República Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[New Republic Party (Costa Rica)|New Republic Party]] (PNR) | bgcolor="#5CC1DB" | |1 |Cristian Arturo Chacón Ureña<ref group="lower-alpha">Also legally known as Kristhian Arturo Chacón Ureña</ref> |Walter Jesús Garro Araya |- |[[File:Flag of Frente Amplio (Costa Rica) 2013.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |[[Broad Front (Costa Rica)|Broad Front]] (FA) | bgcolor="#F7E000" | |1 |Eduardo Guillén Gardela<ref group="lower-alpha">Also legally known as Eduardo Gardela Ramírez</ref> |Mario Esteban Raitt Núñez |- |[[File:Bandera Partido Ecológico Comunal Costarricense Costa Rica.svg|frameless|border|upright=.2]] |Costa Rican Communal Ecological Party (PAEC) | bgcolor="#999999" | |1 |Jesús Rodríguez Gutiérrez |José Marcial Rodríguez Carvajal |}
==Districts== The canton of Desamparados is subdivided into 13 [[Districts of Costa Rica|districts]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifam.go.cr/PaginaIFAM/ifams/Descargas/CDI/Legal/Divisi%C3%B3n%20Territorial%20CR%20%20Publicado%20en%20La%20Gaceta%2026%20mayo%202009.pdf |title=División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica |language=es |publisher=Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM) |date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802162747/http://www.ifam.go.cr/PaginaIFAM/ifams/Descargas/CDI/Legal/Divisi%C3%B3n%20Territorial%20CR%20%20Publicado%20en%20La%20Gaceta%2026%20mayo%202009.pdf |archive-date=2015-08-02 }}</ref>
# [[Desamparados]] # [[San Miguel District, Desamparados|San Miguel]] # [[San Juan de Dios District|San Juan de Dios]] # [[San Rafael Arriba]] # [[San Antonio District, Desamparados|San Antonio]] # [[Frailes, Desamparados, Costa Rica|Frailes]] # [[Patarrá]] # [[San Cristobal District, Costa Rica|San Cristóbal]] # [[Rosario District, Desamparados|Rosario]] # [[Damas District|Damas]] # [[San Rafael Abajo]] # [[Gravilias]] # [[Los Guido]]
== Sports == The football soccer club [[Orión F.C.]] plays here.
== Demographics == {{CR Census population}} Desamparados had a population of {{formatnum:223226}} in 2022,<ref name="2022popest" /> the third highest in the country and up from {{formatnum:208411}} in the [[2011 Costa Rican census|2011 census]].<ref name="censo2011">{{cite web |language=es |title=Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito |url=https://www.inec.cr/censos/censos-2011 |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos |access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref>
According to a publication by the [[United Nations Development Programme]], Desamparados has a [[Human Development Index]] score of {{formatnum:0.743}}, ranking it 13th in its province.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado |author2=Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica |author-link2=University of Costa Rica |author3=Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo |author-link3=United Nations Development Programme |date=9 June 2023 |title=Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022 |url=https://www.undp.org/es/costa-rica/publicaciones/atlas-de-desarrollo-humano-cantonal-2022 |access-date=22 July 2024}}</ref>
== Transportation == === Road transportation === The following road routes cover the canton: {{Columns-list| * [[File:CR RNS 105.svg|25px]] [[National Route 105 (Costa Rica)|National Route 105]] * [[File:CR RNS 175.svg|25px]] [[National Route 175 (Costa Rica)|National Route 175]] * [[File:CR RNS 206.svg|25px]] [[National Route 206 (Costa Rica)|National Route 206]] * [[File:CR RNS 207.svg|25px]] [[National Route 207 (Costa Rica)|National Route 207]] * [[File:CR RNS 209.svg|25px]] [[National Route 209 (Costa Rica)|National Route 209]] * [[File:CR RNS 210.svg|25px]] [[National Route 210 (Costa Rica)|National Route 210]] * [[File:CR RNS 212.svg|25px]] [[National Route 212 (Costa Rica)|National Route 212]] * [[File:CR RNS 213.svg|25px]] [[National Route 213 (Costa Rica)|National Route 213]] * [[File:CR RNS 214.svg|25px]] [[National Route 214 (Costa Rica)|National Route 214]] * [[File:CR RNS 217.svg|25px]] [[National Route 217 (Costa Rica)|National Route 217]] * [[File:CR RNS 222.svg|25px]] [[National Route 222 (Costa Rica)|National Route 222]] * [[File:CR RNS 226.svg|25px]] [[National Route 226 (Costa Rica)|National Route 226]] * [[File:CR RNT 304.svg|25px]] [[National Route 304 (Costa Rica)|National Route 304]] * [[File:CR RNT 406.svg|25px]] [[National Route 406 (Costa Rica)|National Route 406]] * [[File:CR RNT 409.svg|25px]] [[National Route 409 (Costa Rica)|National Route 409]] }}
== Notable people == * [[Máximo Fernández Alvarado]] * [[Joel Campbell]] * [[Roy Miller (footballer)|Roy Miller]] * [[Laura Chinchilla]] * [[Jorge Alejandro Castro]]
== Notes == {{notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Provinces and cantons of Costa Rica}} {{Authority control}}
[[Category:Cantons of San José Province]] [[Category:1862 establishments in Costa Rica]]