Desamparados

Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of in . The canton covers an area of 118.89 km2, and had a population of 223,226 in 2022, making it the third most populated among the 81 cantons of Costa Rica.
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  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 208,000 residents
  • Description: canton in San José province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: Cantón Desamparados” and “Desamparados Canton

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Desamparados and Aserrí District.

Town
Photo: Ll1324, CC0.
is a district of the canton, in the province of . is situated 5 km northwest of Desamparados.

Town
Photo: Erodrigufer, Public domain.
Aserrí is a district of the canton, in the province of . is situated 6 km west of Desamparados.

Village
is a district of the canton, in the province of . is situated 6 km north of Desamparados.

Desamparados

Latitude
9.8555° or 9° 51′ 20″ north
Longitude
-84.0413° or 84° 2′ 29″ west
Population
208,000
Elevation
1,320 metres (4,331 feet)
Open location code
66XQVX45+6F
Geo­Names ID
3623933
Wiki­data ID
Q1444404
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Desamparados” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ديسامبارادوس، كوستاريكا
  • Arabic: ديسامبارادوس
  • Asturian: cantón de Desamparados
  • Asturian: Desamparados
  • Catalan: Cantó de Desamparados
  • Catalan: Desamparados
  • Cebuano: Cantón de Desamparados
  • Chinese: Desamparados Kūn
  • Chinese: 德桑帕拉多斯縣
  • Dutch: Desamparados
  • French: Desamparados (canton)
  • French: Desamparados
  • Italian: cantone di Desamparados
  • Italian: Cantone di Desamparados
  • Japanese: デサンパラドス
  • Lithuanian: Desamparadosas
  • Min Nan Chinese: Desamparados Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Desamparados
  • Norwegian: Desamparados
  • Polish: Desamparados
  • Russian: Десампарадос
  • Spanish: Cantón de Desamparados
  • Spanish: Desamparados
  • Swedish: Cantón de Desamparados
  • Ukrainian: Десампарадос
  • Vietnamese: Desamparados (tổng)
  • Vietnamese: Desamparados

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Desamparados”. Photo: Andy Rusch, CC BY 2.0.