Tingo District

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Tingo
Country Flag of Peru Peru
Region Amazonas
Province Luya
Founded January 02, 1875
Capital Tingo
Area
Area
Elevation
&0000000000000102.670000102.67 km2
1,950 metres (6,398 ft)
Population (as of the 2005 Census)
Population
 - Total
 - Density

&0000000000001202.0000001,202
&0000000000000011.7.0E+511.7/km² 
Mayor Victor Alan Alvarado Garcia
UBIGEO 010522
Official website
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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.

Tingo is notable for its people and their famously short tempers, a leading tingan diplomat was once sent into exile for making a "chacypya", a local delicacy containing guava and rice, using a recipe that differed from the regional standard.

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