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Tingo María | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: The sleeping beauty | |
| Motto: The door to the Amazonia | |
  Tingo María | |
| Coordinates:9°17′43″S75°59′51″W / 9.29528°S 75.99750°W /-9.29528; -75.99750 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huánuco |
| Province | Leoncio Prado |
| District | Rupa-Rupa |
| Founded | October 15, 1938 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Miguel Angel Meza Malpartida |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,395.46 km2 (1,697.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 647 m (2,123 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 46,191 |
| • Density | 11/km2 (27/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| Area code | +51+62 |
| Website | http://www.munitingomaria.gob.pe |
Tingo María is the capital ofLeoncio Prado Province in theHuánuco Region in centralPeru. It has a population of 46,191 inhabitants (2017 census).
Tingo María was considered unreachable until 1936, when the Montaña Road reached the settlement. It was then that the state run Estacion Experimental Agricola was established due to its "comfortable" elevation (2,204 ft). In 1942, the U.S. Government began adding more funding to the station, and by 1960 over 40,000 acres (160 km2) of land were under cultivation, especially along theHuallaga River valley where land was level. Coffee was a particularly valuable crop. Thecity nickname is "the Door of the Amazonia."
The city is placed where two important rivers meet; the Monzón and the Huallaga river, a main contributor of the Marañón river. The city headquarters the National University of the Forest (UNAS-www.unas.edu.pe); it has 7 faculties, a botanical park, and first level facilities. Near the city there is theTingo María National Park of 180 km2 (43,000 acres (170 km2)) that preserves nature and a limestone mountain range in the shape of a woman that sleeps. It is calledLa Bella Durmiente (Spanish forSleeping Beauty) orPumarinri (Quechua for "cougar ear"). A legend explains the form of the range. The main attraction is a cave namedCueva de las Lechuzas (Spanish for "cave of the owls") (named after a colony of the superficially owl-likeOilbird found in it), probably the most attractive and accessible cave of Peru, though it is not the longest and deepest.
Tingo María has an airport served daily by regional jets and turbo-prop airplanes. A well-paved main road, now called "the Federico Basadre" Highway crosses the city halfway from Lima to Pucallpa; 16 km going to the east it meets the Marginal Highway that follows the river to the north and arrives at Tarapoto. A main road that comes from Casma port, on the coast of Ancash department, is being worked now. This road reinforces the position of Tingo María as a regional and national hub.
Tingo María is where actorEric Fleming, star of American TV showRawhide withClint Eastwood, died on September 28, 1966, while shooting a TV movie titledHigh Jungle. His dugout canoe overturned in the Huallaga River. He was swept away by the current and drowned at age 41.[1]
A relevant industry working on Cacao is the Cooperativa Agroindustrial Naranjillo, that sells its products to foreign markets.[citation needed]
Tingo María has atropical rainforest climate (Köppen:Af)[2] with abundant rainfall. The period from November to March is particularly rainy.
| Climate data for Tingo María, Rupa-Rupa, elevation 657 m (2,156 ft), (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.4 (84.9) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.3 (84.7) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.0 (86.0) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.5 (85.1) | 30.2 (86.4) | 30.7 (87.3) | 30.4 (86.7) | 30.1 (86.2) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.8 (85.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.5 (68.9) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.3 (68.5) | 19.6 (67.3) | 19.0 (66.2) | 19.2 (66.6) | 19.6 (67.3) | 20.2 (68.4) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.6 (69.1) | 20.1 (68.2) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 420.9 (16.57) | 394.4 (15.53) | 401.1 (15.79) | 262.1 (10.32) | 214.9 (8.46) | 146.7 (5.78) | 125.7 (4.95) | 105.4 (4.15) | 167.6 (6.60) | 273.4 (10.76) | 356.8 (14.05) | 437.4 (17.22) | 3,306.4 (130.18) |
| Source: National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Peru[3] | |||||||||||||
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