Tasquillo (

Otomi The Otomi (; ) are an Indigenous people of Mexico inhabiting the central Mexican Plateau (Altiplano) region. The Otomi are an Indigenous people of the Americas who inhabit a discontinuous territory in central Mexico. They are linguistically rel ...

: Maxei) is a town and one of the 84

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, in central-eastern

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. it is located km 5 from the

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and km 10 from the nearby city of

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in the central west part of the state of

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

History

Pre-Colonial Period

Tasquillo was populated by a few ethnic groups which were the

Nahuas The Nahuas ( ) are a Uto-Nahuan ethnicity and one of the Indigenous people of Mexico, with Nahua minorities also in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. They comprise the largest Indigenous group in Mexico, as well as ...

Toltec The Toltec culture () was a Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula (Mesoamerican site), Tula, Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic period of Mesoam ...

s and especially the Otomí groups who have given the name “''Mashei'' ” to the place. Among the most important historical events are the discoveries of curious junk, metals, carved stones or sticks and tools of men who were buried in clay pots. It is said that these relics are found in the ''

Huemac In Mexica legendary tradition, Huemac (fl. c. 11th century), also spelled Hueymac or Huehmac, is described as being the last king of the (equally legendary and semi-mythical) Toltec state before the fall of Tula/ Tōllān. His name is traditional ...

''.

15th - Early 20th Century

in the 15th century under the domination of the

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culture it was named ''Taxco''. Later, with the Spanish conquest in the 16th century, it was given the name “''town of the natives of San Bernardino'',” subject to a commission from the

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of Zúñiga. and during this time the Spaniards settled at a point called ''Donijá'', which is located southeast of the main square. in the 17th century it was given the name of ''Taxquillo'', a word composed from

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. In Nahuatl the word comes from the game of ''tlachtli'' which means "''ball game''", In its Otomi dialect the meaning would be "''Place of Goats''", in Spanish the word of ''illo'' means diminutive or small, which gives it another meaning "''Small place of the game of ball"'' or ''"Small place of goats"''. According to what is known by the mayoralties, in the 18th century it was not considered among the towns to citizens due to its lack of importance and poverty-rate, since it was simply a neighborhood and municipal seat of the town-hall of

1826 - 1920

The constitution of the municipality of Tasquillo is achieved as a town hall belonging to the

Huichapan Huichapan (; Otomi: Nxamädo) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 668.1 km2. Its name derives from the Classical Nahuatl ''Huēyichiyapan''. In 2020, the mun ...

district of the Tula prefecture on the 15th of February 1826. in 1861 to 1869, Tasquillo is recorded as a municipality forming part from the Zimapán district of the

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and eventually becoming a municipality of the

district belonging to the Tula department of the State of Mexico. Once the State of Hidalgo was established in 1869, Tasqullio was designated as the head of the Municipality of its name for the Zimapan District, And until 1920 Tasquillo was recorded as a free municipality.

Late 20th Century - Present

In 1983 The name of the municipality of Tasquillo is modified replacing ''Taxqullio.'' Municipal President María de Jesús Chávez ( PRI) died of

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on January 30, 2021. She took office on December 15, 2020.

Geography

Cerro Juarez

The Cerro Juarez peak has an elevation of 3,041.29 m (9,978 ft). located in the geographic region of the

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River Tula

The

Tula River The Tula River () is a river in Hidalgo State in central Mexico, and a tributary of the Moctezuma River. Geography It runs through the city of Tula de Allende and begins as a drainage channel for the Valley of Mexico, which contains the metrop ...

, a tributary from the

Moctezuma River The Moctezuma River (Río Moctezuma) is a river in Mexico that drains the eastern side of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada). It is a tributary of the Pánuco River and flows through the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro, and San ...

that flows to Zimapan towards the city of

, the river passes in-between Cerro Juarez and the town.

Climate

The Town

Main road into Tasquillo where the following says above “Welcome Tasqullio”, 255x255px Tasquillo covers an area of 167 km² with the town having a population of only 4,030 as of 2020. Parroquia-san-bernardino-de-siena-tasquillo-scaled

Parroquia San Bernardino de Siena

The Parroquia of San Bernardino de Siena is a church located in the center of the town. Which was founded in 1560 and dedicated to the Italian saint

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. The church has

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style architecture and is located in the center of the city. The parish is known for its annual festival in honor of San Bernardino of Siena, which is celebrated on May 20.

Municipality

The Municipality itself has an area of 240.01 km within the

with the municipality having a total population of 17,451 as of 2020. It borders with the municipalities of Tecozautla,

Zimapán Zimapán (Otomi: Mabo̱za) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipality covers an area of . The name Zimapán derives from the Nahuatl words "cimatl", meaning "cimate" (a root used to ferment p ...

Alfajayucan Alfajayucan ( Otomi: Nxamti) is a town and one of the 84 municipalities of Hidalgo, in central-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Alfajayucan. The municipality covers an area of 467.7 km². As of 2005, the municipality had a total po ...

and Tecozautla.

Demographics

References

{{Hidalgo Municipalities of Hidalgo (state) Populated places in Hidalgo (state)