Lospalos — sometimes erroneously written as ''Los Palos'', assuming a nonexistent Spanish etymology — is a city in

East Timor East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-weste ...

, to the east of

Dili Dili (Portuguese/Tetum: ''Díli'') is the capital, largest city of East Timor and the second largest city in Timor islands after Kupang (Indonesia). It lies on the northern coast of the island of Timor, in a small area of flat land hemmed in ...

, the national capital. Lospalos has a population of 17,186 (2006) and is the capital of Lautém Municipality and the

Lospalos Administrative Post Lospalos, officially Lospalos Administrative Post (, ), is an administrative post (and was formerly a subdistrict) in Lautém municipality, East Timor. Its seat or administrative centre is Fuiloro Fuiloro is a suco and village on the nor ...

. 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 Fataluku (also known as Dagaga, Dagoda', Dagada) is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 37,000 people of Fataluku ethnicity in the eastern areas of East Timor, especially around Lospalos. It is a member of the Timor-Alor-Pantar language fa ...

, the local

Papuan language The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non-Australian languages spoken on the western Pacific island of New Guinea in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, as well as neighbouring islands, by around 4 million people. It is a strictly geogra ...

, although nowadays Fataluku speakers use the name ''Lospala''. The preferred spelling in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

, 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 The Timorese Popular Democratic Association ( pt, Associação Popular Democrática Timorense, APODETI; id, Asosiasi Demokratik Rakyat Timor) was a political party in East Timor established in 1974, which advocated for integration into Indonesia. ...

Frederico Almeida Santos Costa Frederico is a given name. It is a form of Frederick, most commonly found in Portuguese. Literature * Frederico Barbosa, Brazilian poet * Frederico Ghisliero, Italian fencer and soldier who wrote his text Regole di molte cavagliereschi essercitii ...

Climate

Lospalos has a

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

( Köppen ''Aw'') with a dry season from August to October and a wet season covering the remaining nine months.

Sport

Football

FC Beltratez Lospalos FC Beltatrez or Futebol Clube Beltatrez is an amateur football club of East Timor based in Oxford, England. History The club was initially founded in Lospalos, within the Lautem District of Timor Leste in 2004. During this time the team played ...

References

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Photos of Lospalos
Populated places in East Timor Lautém Municipality {{EastTimor-geo-stub