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Lospalos — sometimes erroneously written as Los Palos, assuming a nonexistent
Spanish etymology — is a city in East Timor, 248 kilometres (154 mi) to the
east of Dili, the national
capital. Lospalos has a population of 17,186 (2006) and is the capital of
Lautém District
and the
Lospalos Subdistrict. The subdistrict has a population of 25,417 (2004).
Internationally, "Lospalos" is mistakenly spelled as Los Palos, suggesting a Spanish origin of the name. In fact, it is derived from Lohoasupala, the name in Fataluku, the local Papuan language, although nowadays Fataluku speakers use the name Lospala. The preferred spelling in English, as well as Tetum and Portuguese, the official languages of East Timor, is Lospalos.
Lospalos is the birth city of the co-founder and president of the party APODETI, Frederico Almeida Santos Costa
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