Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of San José in

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. The canton covers an area of 118.26 km², and has a population of 206,708, making it the third most populated among the 81 cantons of Costa Rica. The capital city of the canton is also called

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. The canton begins in the southern suburbs of the national capital city of San José, with the Río Tiribí marking its northern boundary. It snakes its way south in the shape of a backward ´S´, finally reaching its southern limit at the Río Tarrazú. It contains the bigger of the last

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lungs in the metropolitan area of Costa Ricans capital, the Loma Salitral, which conservation issues have generated social conflicts between community environmentalist and immobiliary developers, as it is seen as an identity mark of the desamparadeño people and a very important infiltration area to prevent the frequents and disastrous floods in the district of Gravilias. Urban areas claim 80.4% of the canton's population. Those under age 10 make up 19.8% of its inhabitants, while 5.1% are over 65.

Districts

The canton of Desamparados is subdivided into 13

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# San Rafael Arriba #

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History

The canton was established by a legislative decree of November 4, 1862.

Sports

The football soccer club

Orión F.C. Orión F.C. is a Costa Rican football club, based in Desamparados. It was founded in 1926 and has most recently played in Costa Rica's First Division in 2012. They were crowned national league champions twice. History The Orion F.C. football clu ...

de Desamparados plays here.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Desamparados had a population of inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation

The canton is covered by the following road routes:

Notable people

Máximo Fernández Alvarado Máximo Fernández Alvarado (1858–1933) was a Costa Rican politician. Born in Desamparados in 1858, he graduated as a Bachelor in Philosophy and Letters at the University of Santo Tomas at fourteen years old and as a lawyer in the same ins ...

* Joaquín Garcia Monge *

Joel Campbell Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels (; born 26 June 1992) is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Liga MX club León and the Costa Rica national team. Campbell joined Arsenal in 2011 and was thereafter l ...

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Laura Chinchilla Laura Chinchilla Miranda (; born 28 March 1959) is a Costa Rican politician who was President of Costa Rica from 2010 to 2014. She was one of Óscar Arias Sánchez's two Vice-Presidents and his administration's Minister of Justice. She was the ...

Jorge Alejandro Castro Jorge Alejandro Castro Salazar (born 11 September 1990) is a Costa Rican football forward. Club career He began his career at Deportivo Saprissa before signing a four-year contract with a start in December 2012. International career Castro was ...

References

Cantons of San José Province 1862 establishments in Costa Rica {{CostaRica-geo-stub