Tingo District

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Landscape of Tingo. Kuelap can be seen from here.
Landscape of Tingo. Kuelap can be seen from here.

Tingo is a district of Luya Province in Peru. Tingo has several notable sites, such as the fortress of Kuelap.

The regional public holidays of Tingo are on 8 and 9 September. Local dishes include chochoca, mote, dulce de frijol, puchero, shurumbo and cuy with fries.

To the north the District of Tingo has a border with Colcamar District, to the east with Levanto District (Chachapoyas) and Magdalena District (Chachapoyas), to the south-east with San Juan de Lopecancha District, in the south-west with María District, and to the west with Longuita District. There is a highway to Tingo that continues towards the fortress of Kuelap and the market of Yumal.

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