El Grullo
Municipality and city in Jalisco, Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
El Grullo is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 157.2 km2. It is named for a color, used for horses and grass, called grullo, used as the name of an Hacienda established there: "La Hacienda del Zacate Grullo".
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El Grullo, Jalisco | |
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Municipality and city | |
Coordinates: 19°48′20″N 104°13′00″W | |
Country | Mexico |
State | Jalisco |
Area | |
• Total | 157.2 km2 (60.7 sq mi) |
Population (2005) | |
• Total | 21,825 |
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As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,825.[1]
In recent years, the town of El Grullo has begun expanding and now has begun to construct suburban-style housing developments on the outer limits of the town. There have also been new points of interest adding in the town center such as an obelisk, a larger city hall, and accessible WiFi throughout the town center. As of 2014[update], there are about 30,000 residents living in the developing city limits.