Desamparados (canton)

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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.[3]

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.[4]

Government

Mayor

According to Costa Rica's Municipal Code, mayors are elected every four years by the population of the canton.[5] 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.[6]

Mayors since the 2002 elections[7]
Period Name Party
2002–2006 Carlos Alberto Padilla Corella File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg PLN
2006–2010 Maureen Fallas Fallas
2010–2016
2016–2020 Gilbert Adolfo Jiménez Siles[lower-alpha 1]
2020–2024
2024–2028 María Antonieta Naranjo Brenes

Municipal Council

Like the mayor and vice mayors, members of the Municipal Council (called Script error: No such module "Lang".) 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 (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is absent.[5] 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.[8] 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[9]
File:Costa Rica Desamparados Concejo Municipal 2024.svg
Political parties in the Municipal Council of Desamparados
Political party Regidores
№ Owner Substitute
File:Bandera de Partido Liberación Nacional.svg 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
File:Bandera del Partido Unidad Social Cristiana.svg Social Christian Unity Party (PUSC) 2 Jonatan Mauricio Chavarría Sibaja Randall Sibaja Miranda
María Isabel Llamas Echeverría(P) Carmen Martínez Jackson
File:Bandera Partido Progreso Social Democrático Costa Rica.svg Social Democratic Progress Party (PSD) 1 Ricardo Antonio Arce Díaz William Solera Alfaro
File:Bandera Partido Liberal Progresista Costa Rica.svg Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) 1 Luis Guillermo Gómez Godínez Javier Umaña Valenciano
File:Bandera Partido Nuestro Pueblo Costa Rica.svg Our Town Party (PNP) 1 Luis José Flores Jiménez(VP) Adrián Eduardo Monge Monge
File:Bandera Partido Nueva República Costa Rica.svg New Republic Party (PNR) 1 Cristian Arturo Chacón Ureña[lower-alpha 2] Walter Jesús Garro Araya
File:Bandera Partido Frente Amplio Costa Rica.svg Broad Front (FA) 1 Eduardo Guillén Gardela[lower-alpha 3] Mario Esteban Raitt Núñez
File:Bandera Partido Ecológico Comunal Costarricense Costa Rica.svg Costa Rican Communal Ecological Party (PAEC) 1 Jesús Rodríguez Gutiérrez José Marcial Rodríguez Carvajal

Districts

The canton of Desamparados is subdivided into 13 districts:[10]

  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

Template:CR Census population Desamparados had a population of 223,226 in 2022,[2] the third highest in the country and up from 208,411 in the 2011 census.[11]

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.[12]

Transportation

Road transportation

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Notable people

Notes

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