Loreto is Italian for laurel-wood. A town in Italy named Loreto holds an important Christian shrine, which lead to the spread of the name to many other countries. It may refer to:

Places

Argentina

* Loreto, Santiago del Estero, Argentina *

Loreto, Misiones Loreto (Misiones) is a village and municipality in Misiones Province in north-eastern Argentina.Ministerio del Interior

, village and municipality in Misiones Province, Argentina

Bolivia

* Loreto, Beni, Bolivia

Brazil

* Loreto (Maranhão), Brazil

Ecuador

Loreto Canton Loreto Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in the Orellana Province. Its capital is the town of Loreto. Its population at the 2001 census was 13,462. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Indigenous 67.4% *Mestiz ...

, a canton in Orellana Province, Ecuador

Italy

* Loreto, Marche, Italy, home of the ''Basilica della Santa Casa'' after which the other shrines are named * Loreto Aprutino, Pescara, Italy

Mexico

* Loreto Municipality, Baja California Sur, Mexico ** Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico * Loreto, Zacatecas, Mexico

Paraguay

* Loreto, Concepción Department, Paraguay

Peru

Loreto Region Loreto () is Peru's northernmost department and region. Covering almost one-third of Peru's territory, Loreto is by far the nation's largest department; it is also one of the most sparsely populated regions due to its remote location in the Ama ...

, Peru ** Loreto Province, Peru

Philippines

* Loreto, Agusan del Sur, Philippines * Loreto, Dinagat Islands, Philippines

Switzerland

* Loreto, Switzerland, a district of Lugano, Switzerland

Other

Loreto (meteorite) The Loreto is a meteorite that was found in Baja California Sur Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least ...

, found in 1896 in Baja California Sur, Mexico * Loreto (Milan Metro), a subway station on the Line 1 of Milan Metro * Nicolás del Campo (full name "Nicolás Francisco Cristóbal del Campo, Marquis of Loreto", 1725–1803), sometimes referred to as "Viceroy Loreto"

People

* Loreto Carbonell (1933-2017), Filipino basketball player * Loreto Cucchiarelli (born 1943), Italian former rugby union player now serving as a coach * Loreto Di Franco (1578–1638), Roman Catholic prelate * Loreto Garza (born 1962), former American boxer and light welterweight world champion * Loreto Silva (born 1964), female Chilean deputy minister