Amparo, a
Portuguese and
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
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**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas
**Spanish cuisine
**Spanish history
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word meaning ''refuge'', ''shelter'', or ''protection'', may refer to:
People
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Amparo (name) Amparo is a Portuguese and Spanish word that means refuge or shelter (and in a broader sense, protection). Several places in the Iberian Peninsula and in Latin America are named Amparo, some associated with Our Lady of the Refuge (Port.: '' Nossa ...
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Amparo people
Afro-Cubans () or Black Cubans are Cubans of full or partial sub-Saharan African ancestry. The term ''Afro-Cuban'' can also refer to historical or cultural elements in Cuba associated with this community, and the combining of native African an ...
, Afro-Cuban descendants of Angola
Places
Brazil
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Amparo, São Paulo
Amparo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo. The population is of 72,677 (2020 est.) in an area of 445 km².
The city is part of the "Water-Circuit", a cluster of towns in São Paulo state which are famous for natural fount ...
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Amparo, Paraíba
Amparo, Paraíba is a municipality in the state of Paraíba in the Northeast Region of Brazil.
See also
*List of municipalities in Paraíba
This is a list of the municipalities in the States of Brazil, state of Paraíba, Paraíba (PB), located ...
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Amparo do Serra
Amparo da Serra (formerly called Amparo do Serra) is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Minas Gerais. As of 2020 its population is estimated to be 4,678.
See also
* List of municipalities in Minas Gerais
This is a list of the municipalit ...
, Minas Gerais
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Amparo de São Francisco
Amparo de São Francisco is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sergipe. Its population was 2,380 (2020) and its area is 35 km².IBGE
The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (; IBGE) is the agency responsible for ...
, Sergipe
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Santo Antônio do Amparo
Santo Antônio do Amparo is a city in the southern part of the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The population is 18,613 (2020 est.) in an area of 488.89 km2. The municipality was founded in 1938.
Notable residents
* Hélio Garcia, former Gov ...
, Minas Gerais
Other places
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Amparo Museum
The Museo Amparo, located in the historic center of Puebla (city), Puebla City, is one of the most important historical museums in Mexico. It was inaugurated in 1991 and sponsored by the Amparo Foundation, which was founded in 1979 by Manuel Espi ...
, Puebla, Mexico
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Amparo High School
Amparo High School (AHS) is a public secondary school located in Caloocan, Philippines. The school operates under the Division of City Schools, Caloocan, DepEd NCR.
Amparo was established in 1979. An annex was constructed in 2005. , Caloocan, Philippines
Other uses
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Amparo (film)
''Amparo'' is a 2021 Colombian drama film directed by Simón Mesa Soto and starring Sandra Melissa Torres, Diego Alejandro Tobón, Luciana Gallego, John Jairo Montoya and Adriana Vergara. Before arriving in Colombian theaters, the film participate ...
, a 2022 Colombian drama film
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Massacre of El Amparo, the killing of 14 fishermen in El Amparo, Venezuela in 1988
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Megachile amparo'', a bee of family Megachilidae
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Recurso de amparo
In most legal systems of the Spanish-speaking world, the writ of ("writ of protection"; also called , "appeal for protection", or , "judgement for protection") is a remedy for the protection of constitutional rights, found in certain jurisdict ...
'' or writ of amparo, a form of constitutional relief found in the legal systems of some countries
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Amparo, in Amparo, São Paulo
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