Calvillo
Calvillo (Ceety) | |
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 Coat airms | |
 Municipality location in Aguascalientes | |
  Calvillo (Ceety) Location in Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 21°51′N 102°43′W / 21.850°N 102.717°WCoordinates: 21°51′N 102°43′W / 21.850°N 102.717°W | |
| Kintra |  Mexico |
| State | Aguascalientes |
| Municipality (coonty) | Calvillo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 931.26 km2 (359.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 19,742 |
Calvillo is a ceety in the Mexican state o Aguascalientes. The toun serves as the municipal seat o the surroondin Calvillo Municipality. Calvillo is the seicont maist populateit ceety in the state, surpassed in importance anerly bi the caipital ceety. It is locatit tae the wastren pairt o the state, at aboot 52 kilometres o the ceety o Aguascalientes.
Calvillo haes tae affer several attractions an interestin places. Ane o them is the Main Square, datit frae 1778 is famous for its orange trees. In this square is Eagle Trail which indicates the Unthirldom route. The temple o oor Laird o the Salitre, biggit in 1772, in which interior the pentins are considered true jewels o releegious airt. The bonnie dome topplin the kirk haes a exceptional size anddiameter. Its rarest featur is that it is made as a single airchitectural piece; sae, for domes lik this ane, thare exist anerly five in the whole warld. Thare are exquisite frescoes depictin the life o St Joseph an aw, the patron o the ceety. The Guadalupe Temple is anither important kirk wi majestic touers.
Anither interestin place is the Malpaso Dam. The ootskirts o Calvillo are a magnet for tourists. The Sierra del Laurel, sooth o the toun, is a prolongation o Sierra Fría an heichly socht-efter bi rock climbers acause o its steep sides. An aw nearbi are the La Cordorniz Dam, an the ex-convent o the Tepozán, whaur, at the bottom o the gully, thare is a rocky aurie wi cave pentins. The prehistoric pentins o El Tepozan show diverse figurs in different colors imprintit in various eras. Vera close tae thir twa attractions, in the toun o La Panadera, it is still practicit the auld craft o embroidery an unthreading or "deshilados", the state's craft bi excellence.
Calvillo is the lairgest guava producer in Mexico an famous for its superb confectionery an liqueurs made frae this fruit, which you can sample at the Guava Fair held durin the first week o Dizember.
The economy in Calvillo is centred on the guava, awtho thare is ither agricultur an a great deal o commerce. Calvillo is better kent as the warld caipital o the guava.
Fowk frae calvillo are cried "Calvillences".
Demographics[eedit | eedit soorce]
As o 2010, Calvillo haed a tot population o 19,742,[1]
Ethnicity[eedit | eedit soorce]
- White 80% (Spainyie, French, Dutch an Italian)
- Mestizo 10%
- Asie 1% (Korean an Japanese)
- Amerindian 1%
- Argentinians 8%
Geografie[eedit | eedit soorce]
Climate[eedit | eedit soorce]
| Climate data for Calvillo, Aguascalientes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 24 (75) |
26 (78) |
29 (84) |
32 (89) |
33 (92) |
32 (90) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (83) |
28 (83) |
27 (80) |
24 (76) |
28 (83) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 4 (40) |
4 (40) |
7 (44) |
9 (49) |
12 (54) |
14 (58) |
14 (58) |
14 (57) |
13 (56) |
11 (51) |
7 (44) |
5 (41) |
10 (49) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 18 (0.7) |
10 (0.4) |
2.5 (0.1) |
10 (0.4) |
18 (0.7) |
97 (3.8) |
150 (6) |
140 (5.7) |
100 (4.1) |
36 (1.4) |
10 (0.4) |
10 (0.4) |
601.5 (24.1) |
| Source: Weatherbase [2] | |||||||||||||
Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]
- Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- Aguascalientes Archived 2007-05-15 at the Wayback Machine Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- www.myspace.com/calvisranch for a Spaingie version o the history o Calvillo
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Calvillo". Catálogo de Localidades. Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL). Archived frae the original on 4 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 23 Apryle 2014.
- ↑ "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Calvillo, Aguascalientes". Weatherbase. 2013. Retrieved on April 24, 2013.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
- http://www.livevideo.com/liveshow/calvillo.publicidad Archived 2018-02-25 at the Wayback Machine INTERACTIVO WEBCAM CHAT EN VIVO Y VIDEOS
- Ayuntamiento de Calvillo Archived 2007-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Offeecial wabsteid
- http://calvillo.blogspot.com
- http://www.calvillo.com.mx Archived 2019-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- http://calvillo.sdmexico.com
- Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes offeecial wabsteid o State o Aguascalientes
- http://www.calvilloweb.com
- http://www.livevideo.com/liveshow/calvillo Archived 2008-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
- http://www.myspace.com/calvisranch
