Tasquillo
Maxei | |
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Municipality and Town | |
![]() Tasqullio seen from an aerial view with the Parroquia San Bernardino de Siena seen on the left | |
Coordinates: 20°37′N 99°15′W / 20.617°N 99.250°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Hidalgo |
Municipality | Tasquillo |
Government | |
• Municipal President | Alberto Basilio González |
Area | |
• Municipality and Town | 240 km2 (90 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,631 m (5,351 ft) |
Population (2020) | |
• Municipality and Town | 17,451 |
• Density | 72/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Rural | 13,421 |
Demonym(s) | Tasquillense Taquillano |
Time zone | Central (US Central) |
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.[1]