| Official Name: | Lospalos |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | East Timor |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lautém |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lospalos |
| Area Total Km2: | 623.93 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 census |
| Population Total: | 12665 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Coordinates: | -8.5222°N 126.9975°W |
| Elevation M: | 346 |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Aw |
Lospalos — sometimes erroneously written as Los Palos, assuming a nonexistent Spanish etymology — is a city in East Timor, to the east of Dili, the national capital. Lospalos has a population of 17,186 (2006) and is the capital of Lautém Municipality and the Lospalos Administrative Post. 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, the local Papuan language, although nowadays Fataluku speakers use the name Lospala. The preferred spelling in English, as well as Tetum and Portuguese, the official languages of East Timor, is Lospalos.
Lospalos is the birth city of the Timorese combatant the Former Regional Commander of Ponta Leste in 1975-1977, José dos Santos, born on September 20, 1945, in Nanakuru, Souro Village.
Lospalos is the birth city of the co-founder and president of the party APODETI, Frederico Almeida Santos Costa.
Lospalos has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) with a dry season from August to October and a wet season covering the remaining nine months.