Tasquillo
Tasquillo
Maxei | |
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Town and municipality | |
Tasqullio seen from an aerial view with the Parroquia San Bernardino de Siena seen on the left | |
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Seal | |
Tasquillo Tasquillo | |
| Coordinates: 20°37′N 99°15′W / 20.617°N 99.250°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Hidalgo |
| Municipality | Tasquillo |
| Government | |
| • Municipal President | Alberto Basilio González |
| • Federal electoral district | Hidalgo'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 |
| • Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| • Rural | 13,421 |
| Demonym(s) | Tasquillense Taquillano |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Zona Centro) |
| Postal code | 42380 |
| Website | tasquillo.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.