Tlanchinol

Tlanchinol
Town and municipality
Statue of Miguel Hidalgo in Tlanchinol
Tlanchinol
Location in Mexico
Tlanchinol
Tlanchinol (Mexico)
Coordinates: 20°59′20″N 98°39′43″W / 20.989°N 98.662°W / 20.989; -98.662
Country Mexico
StateHidalgo
MunicipalityTlanchinol
Granted municipal status1869
Government
 • Federal electoral districtHidalgo's 1st
Area
 • Total
380.3 km2 (146.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
37,722
 (municipality)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Zona Centro)
Websitetlanchinol.gob.mx

Tlanchinol is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 380.3 square kilometres (146.8 sq mi). The town stands on Federal Highway 105 in the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental.

The name comes from the Nahuatl Tlanchinolli ("burnt house") and icpac (locative of superposition); hence: "on the burnt house". An earlier form of the name was Tlanchinaltic.

The municipality was created in 1869. In the 2020 INEGI census, it reported a total population of 37,722, up from 33,694 in 2005.