| Calingasta | |
| Native Name: | Departamento Calingasta |
| Settlement Type: | Department |
| Coordinates: | -31.3667°N -99°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | December 17, 1869 |
| Seat Type: | Seat |
| Seat: | Tamberías |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | José Adolfo Ibaceta |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 22589 |
| Population Total: | 8176 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | SJ5400 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | IFAM |
| Postal2 Code: | SJU003 |
| Area Code Type: | Area Code |
| Area Code: | 0264 |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Patron saint |
| Blank Info Sec1: | San José |
Calingasta is a department of the province of San Juan (Argentina). It is the southwestern corner of the province, which is predominantly a landscape of mountains and rivers. It is characterized by its production of apples and by tourism, mainly in the tourist towns of Barreal and Tamberías
Several meanings that have been given to indigenous root of this word. People of the inhabitants of Calían. Skirt or safe or major hills. Transforming Catalve "(River of the hillside), as the area was called Calingasta prior to the arrival of the Spaniards.
The department Calingasta comprises the southwest corner of the province of San Juan. It is 135miles west of the City of San Juan with an area of . Its boundaries are:
Calingasta has a rugged, mountaneous topography due to its location at the foot of the Andes. Mount Mercedario is the eighth-highest mountain of the Andes with an altitude of . It is located north of Aconcagua. The precordillera range is the Sierra del Tontal, separating the region from the arid plains to the east. The soil is mainly desert with little vegetation cover except on the river banks in the valleys.
The climate is mostly desert with little precipitation, highlighting marked thermal variations, with notable differences in temperature between night and day.