Amparo

Amparo, a Portuguese and Spanish word meaning refuge, shelter, or protection, may refer to:

People

• Amparo (name)
• Amparo people, Afro-Cuban descendants of Angola

Places

Brazil

• Amparo, São Paulo
• Amparo, Paraíba
• Amparo do Serra, Minas Gerais
• Amparo de São Francisco, Sergipe
• Santo Antônio do Amparo, Minas Gerais

Other places

• Amparo Museum, Puebla, Mexico
• Amparo High School, Caloocan, Philippines

Other uses

• Amparo (film), a 2022 Colombian drama film
• Massacre of El Amparo, the killing of 14 fishermen in El Amparo, Venezuela in 1988
• Megachile amparo, a bee of family Megachilidae
• Recurso de amparo or writ of amparo, a form of constitutional relief found in the legal systems of some countries
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Amparo, in Amparo, São Paulo