Tingo District

Infobox District Peru
district = Tingo




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region = Amazonas
province = Luya
capital = Tingo
elevation = 1950
hamlets =
ubigeo = 010522
pop = commas|1202
density = commas|11.7
area = commas|102.67
founded = January 02 1875
mayor = Victor Alan Alvarado Garcia
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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.

External links

* [http://www.munitingo.gob.pe/ Tingo district official website]