Laraos District Explained

Laraos
Native Name:Laraw
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Coordinates:-12.3468°N -75.7856°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Lima
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Yauyos
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Laraos
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Albin Laureano Brañez Huallullo
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:403.76
Elevation M:3563
Population Total:546
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:151018

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]

History

The Laraos District is one of oldest of the Yauyos Province, and its history is ample and emerges from the pre-incan times. Its preceding town is Sinchimarka, cradle of forgers, but simultaneously brave and militant men, like all the tribes who conformed the Yauyos, who were tenacious resistants before being conquered by the incan leader Pachakutiq. The pre-incan towns of Laraos are: Wanllapata, Waqramarka, Wayawmarka and Callawarqui. Sinchimarka is an incan citadel.

In 1586, being viceroy Don Fernando de Torres of Portugal, the first mayor of Yauyos, Don Diego Dávila Briceño, made the territorial demarcation and formed four parishes or curatos with more than four towns each one, entrusted at the service of the Dominican priests. These were: Santo Domingo de Yauyos, Santo Domingo de Laraos, San Cristóbal de Huánec and Santa Maria de Pampas.

It is to say that with the Spanish conquest, the natives of Sinchimarka were forced to become transferred to the present location of the district. Thus this one acquires the denomination of Santo Domingo de Cocha Laraos, being one of the most important towns and then they contributed in the process of cristanization of the inhabitants of Yauyos.

Etymology

Its name comes from a derivative of the word Jaqi or Jaqaru Larawpukyu (laraw paved street, pukyu spring, "spring in the paved street", Hispanicized Laraupugio). With the Andean transculturization it is transformed into Laraus (plural), so it means paved streets, and with the castellanization it is pronounced Laraos.

Political division

The farming community of Laraos was recognized the 2 of September 1938. Their annexes are San Juan de Langaico and Lanca. Its populated centers are Llapay and Tintin. The town is divided into ten main streets: Callhuapampa, Ansaya, Larpa, Callampa, Súniqui, Cancayllu, Achallanca, Warcaña, Caracara and Chunchillo.

Geography

The Cordillera Central traverses the district. One of the highest peaks of the district is Tanraniyuq at approximately 5400m (17,700feet). Other mountains are listed below:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Banco de Información Distrital . desa.inei.gob.pe . 2008-04-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ . 2008-04-23 . dead . es . 2019-09-25.
  2. Book: Bruce G. . The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: South America . Cambridge University Press . Wilcomb E. . Richard E. W. . Salomon . Frank . Schwartz . Stuart B. . Trigger . Washburn . Adams . MacLeod . Murdo J. . 1996 . 457 . 978-0-521-63076-4.