Laraos District
Laraos District is one of thirty-three districts of the province Yauyos in the Lima Region in Peru. Elderly people in Laraos still speak an archaic Quechua dialect. As no more children speak the language, it is in imminent danger of extinction.
- Type: Locality with 587 residents
- Description: district in Lima, Peru
- Also known as: “Distrito de Laraos (Yauyos)” and “Laraw”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Uqi Uqi and Uchku.
Laraos District
- Category: district of Peru
- Location: Yauyos province, Lima region, Peru, South America
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Latitude
-12.3845° or 12° 23′ 4″ south
Longitude
-75.6759° or 75° 40′ 33″ west
Population
587
Elevation
4,415 metres (14,485 feet)
Open location code
57V6J88F+5J
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In Other Languages
From Aymara to Urdu—“Laraos District” goes by many names.
- Aymara: “Laraw (Yawyu) jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Aymara: “Laraw jisk’a t’aqa suyu”
- Cebuano: “Laraos (distrito sa Provincia de Yauyos)”
- Cebuano: “Laraos”
- Chinese: “拉勞斯區”
- Dutch: “Laraos District”
- Georgian: “ლარაოსის რაიონი”
- German: “Distrikt Laraos”
- Italian: “distretto di Laraos”
- Italian: “Distretto di Laraos”
- Portuguese: “Laraos”
- Quechua: “Laraw distritu”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Laraos”
- Urdu: “لاراوس ضلع”
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