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Laraos
Laraw | |
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 View of the town of Laraos | |
| Coordinates: 12°20′48″S 75°47′08″W / 12.3468°S 75.7856°W | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Lima |
| Province | Yauyos |
| Capital | Laraos |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Albin Laureano Brañez Huallullo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 403.76 km2 (155.89 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,563 m (11,690 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 546 |
| • Density | 1.4/km2 (3.5/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 151018 |
Laraos District is one of thirty-three districts of the province Yauyos in the Lima Region in Peru.[1]
Elderly people in Laraos still speak an archaic Quechua dialect. As no more children speak the language, it is in imminent danger of extinction.[2]
- ^ "Banco de Información Distrital". desa.inei.gob.pe (in Spanish). 2008-04-23. Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Trigger, Bruce G.; Washburn, Wilcomb E.; Adams, Richard E. W.; Salomon, Frank; MacLeod, Murdo J.; Schwartz, Stuart B. (1996). The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: South America. Cambridge University Press. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-521-63076-4.