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Desamparados Canton
Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 118.89 km (45.90 sq mi), and had a population of 223,226 in 2022, 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, 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, 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.

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.

Government

Mayor

According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton. As of the latest municipal elections in 2024, the 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.

Mayors since the 2002 elections
Period Name Party
2002–2006 Carlos Alberto Padilla Corella PLN
2006–2010 Maureen Fallas Fallas
2010–2016
2016–2020 Gilbert Adolfo Jiménez Siles
2020–2024
2024–2028 María Antonieta Naranjo Brenes

Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called 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 (regidor propietario) is absent. 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. The Municipal Council's composition for the 2024-2028 period is as follows:

Current composition of the Municipal Council of Desamparados after the 2024 municipal elections
Political parties in the Municipal Council of Desamparados
Political party Regidores
№ Owner Substitute
National Liberation Party (PLN) 3 Gabriel Gustavo Picado Oviedo Vinicio Alberto Valverde Chacón
Karla Vanessa Mora Rodríguez Zaira Elena Romero Fallas
Juan Chacón Castillo Manuel Araya Badilla
Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) 2 Jonatan Mauricio Chavarría Sibaja Randall Sibaja Miranda
María Isabel Llamas Echeverría Carmen Martínez Jackson
Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD) 1 Ricardo Antonio Arce Díaz William Solera Alfaro
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) 1 Luis Guillermo Gómez Godínez Javier Umaña Valenciano
Our Town Party (PNP) 1 Luis José Flores Jiménez Adrián Eduardo Monge Monge
New Republic Party (PNR) 1 Cristian Arturo Chacón Ureña Walter Jesús Garro Araya
Broad Front (FA) 1 Eduardo Guillén Gardela Mario Esteban Raitt Núñez
Costa Rican Communal Ecological Party (PAEC) 1 Jesús Rodríguez Gutiérrez José Marcial Rodríguez Carvajal

Districts

The canton of Desamparados is subdivided into 13 districts:

  1. Desamparados
  2. San Miguel
  3. San Juan de Dios
  4. San Rafael Arriba
  5. San Antonio
  6. Frailes
  7. Patarrá
  8. San Cristóbal
  9. Rosario
  10. Damas
  11. San Rafael Abajo
  12. Gravilias
  13. Los Guido

Sports

The football soccer club Orión F.C. plays here.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.±% p.a.
18647,067—    
18835,408−1.40%
18926,471+2.01%
19279,463+1.09%
195015,614+2.20%
196333,845+6.13%
197374,272+8.18%
1984108,824+3.53%
2000193,478+3.66%
2011208,411+0.68%
2022223,226+0.63%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Centro Centroamericano de Población

Desamparados had a population of 223,226 in 2022, the third highest in the country and up from 208,411 in the 2011 census.

According to a publication by the United Nations Development Programme, Desamparados has a Human Development Index score of 0.743, ranking it 13th in its province.

Transportation

Road transportation

The following road routes cover the canton:

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ Also legally known as Gilberth Jiménez Siles
  2. ^ Also legally known as Kristhian Arturo Chacón Ureña
  3. ^ Also legally known as Eduardo Gardela Ramírez

References

  1. ^ "División Territorial Administrativa, 2024 – Totales de Provincias, Cantones y Distritos de Costa Rica" [Administrative Territorial Division, 2024 – Totals of Provinces, Cantons and Districts of Costa Rica] (PDF). Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Costa Rica (in Spanish). 20 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  2. ^ Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (July 2023). "Resultados Estimacion de Poblacion y Vivienda 2022" [2022 Population and Housing Estimate Results] (XLSX) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-04. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  3. ^ "Sala IV resuelve a favor de la protección de la Loma Salitral en Desamparados".
  4. ^ Hernández, Hermógenes (1985). Costa Rica: evolución territorial y principales censos de población 1502 - 1984 (in Spanish) (1 ed.). San José: Editorial Universidad Estatal a Distancia. pp. 164–173. ISBN 9977-64-243-5. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  5. ^ Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica (13 May 2024). "Código Municipal" [Municipal Code]. Sistema Costarricense de Información Jurídica (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (21 February 2024). "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" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  7. ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones. "Resoluciones declaratorias de elección". Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  8. ^ Concejo Municipal de Desamparados (18 June 2024). "Acta no. 39-2024" (DOCX). Municipalidad de Desamparados (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ^ Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (12 February 2024). "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" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  10. ^ "División Territorial Administrativa de Costa Rica" (PDF) (in Spanish). Instituto de Fomento y Asesoria Municipal (IFAM). 5 May 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-02.
  11. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
  12. ^ Centro Centroamericano de Población de la Universidad de Costa Rica. "Sistema de Consulta a Bases de Datos Estadísticas" (in Spanish).
  13. ^ "Censo. 2011. Población total por zona y sexo, según provincia, cantón y distrito". Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  14. ^ Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios del Estado; Escuela de Estadística de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (9 June 2023). "Atlas de Desarrollo Humano Cantonal en Costa Rica, 2022". Retrieved 22 July 2024.



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