title: Amparo
text: # 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
  