{{Short description|Municipality in Michoacán, Mexico}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = |name = Tingambato |other_name = |native_name = <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English --> |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |total_type = Municipality |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |image_shield = Escudo mpio tingambato michoacan.jpg |pushpin_map = Mexico Michoacán#Mexico |pushpin_label_position = above |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Mexico <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = <!--{{flagicon|Michoacán}}--> Michoacán <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = <!-- for places with, say, both a mayor and a city manager --> |leader_name1 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = |established_title1 = Founded as |established_date1 = |established_title2 = |established_date2 = |founder = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on automatic unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_density_blank1_km2 = auto |population_demonym = {{in lang|es}} <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = CST |utc_offset = −6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = −5 |coordinates = |elevation_point = |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = |footnotes = }} '''Tingambato''' is a municipality in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name. The municipality has an area of 188.77 square kilometres (0.32% of the surface of the state) and is bordered by the north by the municipalities of Nahuatzén and Erongarícuaro, to the east by Pátzcuaro and Salvador Escalante, to the south by Ziracuaretiro, and to the west by Uruapan. The municipality had a population of 17,630 inhabitants according to the 2015 census.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ |title=2005 Census |work=INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática |accessdate=2007-10-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613183420/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ |archivedate=2011-06-13 }}</ref> Its municipal seat is the city of the same name. ==Name== The word Tingambato is of Chichimeca origin and it means "Hill of mild climate".<ref>[http://www.municipiosmich.gob.mx/tingambato/index.php Municipios de Michoacán] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20071216033846/http://www.municipiosmich.gob.mx/tingambato/index.php |date=2007-12-16 }} ''Portal de los municipios: Tingambato''. Retrieved on October 4, 2007.</ref> ==History== The story of the region can be traced 1,300 years to the arrival of the Purépecha monarchy to the region.
The site had two period of construction. In AD 450-600 ceremonial buildings with Teotihuacan-style taluds were built. In the second stage (AD 600-950) a ball court was also built in the Teotihuacan style. One tomb contains 6 men who provide evidence of dental mutilation.<ref>Ancient Mexico and Central America</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Tingambato Site Plan.jpg Image:Tingambato Pyramid.jpg Image:Tingambato Wall.jpg Image:Tingambato Tomb.jpg Image:Tingambato Tomb Description2.jpg Image:Tingambato Tomb Description5.jpg Image:Tingambato Plaza 2b.jpg Image:Tingambato Plaza 2a.jpg Image:Tingambato Description2.jpg Image:Tingambato Description3.jpg Image:Tingambato Description4.jpg Image:Tingambato Desciption7.jpg Image:Tingambato Courtyard.jpg Image:Tingambato Countryside.jpg Image:Tingambato Construction Detail.jpg Image:Tingambato Complex.jpg Image:Tingambato Complex 2.jpg Image:Tingambato Complex3.jpg Image:Tingambato Complex4.jpg Image:Tingambato Ballcourt.jpg Image:Tingambato Aerial1.jpg Image:Tingambato Aerial2.jpg Image:Tingambato Aerial3.jpg Image:Tingambato Aerial5.jpg Image:Tingambato Aerial6.jpg </gallery>
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