Tasquillo

Tasquillo
Maxei
Town and municipality
Tasqullio seen from an aerial view with the Parroquia San Bernardino de Siena seen on the left
Tasquillo
Tasquillo
Coordinates: 20°37′N 99°15′W / 20.617°N 99.250°W / 20.617; -99.250
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo
MunicipalityTasquillo
Government
 • Municipal PresidentAlberto Basilio González
 • Federal electoral districtHidalgo's 2nd
Area
 • Town and municipality
240 km2 (93 sq mi)
Elevation
1,631 m (5,351 ft)
Population
 (2020)
 • Town and municipality
17,451
 • Density72/km2 (190/sq mi)
 • Rural
13,421
Demonym(s)Tasquillense
Taquillano
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)
Postal code
42380
Websitetasquillo.gob.mx

Tasquillo (Otomi: Maxei) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. it is located km 5 from the Mexican Federal Highway 45 and km 10 from the nearby city of Ixmiquilpan in the central west part of the state of Hidalgo.

It has not been possible to clarify whether the word Tasquillo is of origin Otomí or Nahuatl.