Desamparados (canton)

Canton in San José province, Costa Rica

Canton in San José, Costa Rica

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Desamparados canton

9°48′41″N 84°01′44″W / 9.8114083°N 84.0289552°W / 9.8114083; -84.0289552Country

Costa RicaProvince San JoséCreation4 November 1862^[1]CityDesamparadosDistricts

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Government

• TypeMunicipality • BodyMunicipalidad de Desamparados • MayorGilbert Jiménez Siles (PLN)Area

• Total118.26 km² (45.66 sq mi)Elevation

1,270 m (4,170 ft)Population

(2011)

• Total208,411 • Density1,800/km² (4,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC−06:00Canton code103Websitewww.desamparados.go.cr

Desamparados is the 3rd canton in the province of San José in Costa Rica. The canton covers an area of 118.26 km²,^[2] and has a population of 206,708,^[3] 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 Río Tiribí marking its northern boundary. It snakes its way south as a backward ´S´, finally reaching its southern limit at the Río Tarrazú. It contains the bigger of the last forest lungs in the metropolitan area of the Costa Rican capital, 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.^[4]

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.

Districts

The canton of Desamparados is subdivided into 13 districts (distritos):^[5]

History

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

Sports

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

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1864	7,067	—
1883	5,408	−23.5%
1892	6,471	19.7%
1927	9,463	46.2%
1950	15,614	65.0%
1963	33,845	116.8%
1973	74,272	119.4%
1984	108,824	46.5%
2000	193,478	77.8%
2011	208,411	7.7%
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos^[6] Centro Centroamericano de Población^[7]

For the 2011 census, Desamparados had a population of 208,411 inhabitants.^[8]

Transportation

Road transportation

The following road routes cover the canton:

National Route 105
National Route 175
National Route 206
National Route 207
National Route 209
National Route 210
National Route 212
National Route 213
National Route 214
National Route 217
National Route 222
National Route 226
National Route 304
National Route 406
National Route 409

Notable people

References

Desamparados canton in San José province

^ 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.
^ Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), 2001.
^ Estimates of Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INEC), May 2003.
^ "Sala IV resuelve a favor de la protección de la Loma Salitral en Desamparados".
^ "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.
^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos" (in Spanish).
^ "Sistema de Consulta de a Bases de Datos Estadísticas". Centro Centroamericano de Población (in Spanish).
^ "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.