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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Wikipedia
  • Type: canton of Costa Rica with 208,000 residents
  • Description: canton in San José province, Costa Rica
  • Also known as: “cantón de Desamparados”, “Cantón Desamparados”, and “Desamparados Canton”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Curridabat and Desamparados.

Photo: JosephC5, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a prosperous suburb of on the route east to Cartago.

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.

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: “Desamparados”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Desamparados”
  • Cebuano: “Cantón de Desamparados”
  • Chinese: “德桑帕拉多斯縣”
  • Dutch: “Desamparados”
  • French: “Desamparados (canton)”
  • French: “Desamparados”
  • Georgian: “დესამპარადოსი (კანტონი)”
  • Georgian: “დესამპარადოსი”
  • 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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