| Tinogasta | |
| Native Name Lang: | es |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tinogasta in Argentina |
| Coordinates: | -28.0667°N -101°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Argentina |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Department |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tinogasta |
| Leader Party: | Justicialist Party |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Hugo Ávila |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 1,500 |
| Population Total: | 11485 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 census |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | ART |
| Utc Offset1: | -3 |
| Postal Code Type: | CPA base |
| Postal Code: | K5340 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | +54 3837 |
Tinogasta (pronounced as /es/) is a city in the west of the, on the right-hand shore of the Abaucán River, about 280 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It had about 11,500 inhabitants at the . It is the head town of the department of the same name. The name of the city comes from the Kakana words tino ("meeting") and gasta ("town").
Tinogasta is a tourist site. It has access to the mountains for adventure tourism, hot springs, and archaeological museums. The basis of the local economy is agriculture, focused on vine.
The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is BWh (hot arid climate).[1]