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 word Tingambato is of Chichimeca origin and it means "Hill of mild climate".
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.
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