Calvillo
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|government_type = Ayuntamiento
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Daniel Romo Urrutia (PAN)
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Calvillo ({{IPA|es|kalˈβiʝo|lang|Calvillo.ogg}}) is a city in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. The town serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of Calvillo. Calvillo is the second most populated city in the state, surpassed in importance only by the capital city. It is located about 52 kilometers from the city of Aguascalientes. It stands at {{coord|21|51|N|102|43|W|}} in the southwestern corner of the state.
History
During the French invasion of Mexico, the north part of the valley of Huajuacar in which Calvillo lays, was occupied by the French. At the time, they intermixed with the descendants of Spaniards which already inhabited the south part of the valley. This fact made Calvillo the municipality with most Caucasian-origin inhabitants in the state, compared with the other municipalities.
Calvillo is the largest guava producer in Mexico and famous for its superb confectionery and liqueurs made from this fruit, which you can sample at the Guava Fair held during the first week of December.
The economy in Calvillo is centered on the guava, although there is other agriculture and a great deal of commerce. Calvillo is better known as the world capital of the guava.
Demographics
As of 2010, Calvillo had a total population of 19,742,{{cite web|title=Calvillo|url=http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=01&mun=003|work=Catálogo de Localidades|publisher=Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL)|accessdate=23 April 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131410/http://www.microrregiones.gob.mx/catloc/LocdeMun.aspx?tipo=clave&campo=loc&ent=01&mun=003|url-status=dead}}
Tourism
Calvillo has a number of attractions of interest to tourists. One of them is the Main Square, which dates from 1778 and is famous for its orange trees. Calvillo is also home to the Temple of Our Lord of the Salitre; built in 1772, its interior features paintings that are considered jewels of religious art. The attractive dome topping the church has an exceptional size and diameter. Its rarest feature is that it is made as a single architectural piece; there are only five domes of this style worldwide. The interior of the dome features exquisite frescoes depicting the life of St. Joseph, the patron saint of the city. The Guadalupe Temple is another important church featuring majestic towers.
Another interesting place is the Malpaso Dam. The outskirts of Calvillo are a magnet for tourists. The Sierra del Laurel, south of the town, is a prolongation of Sierra Fría and highly sought-after by rock climbers because of its steep sides. Also nearby are the La Cordorniz Dam, and the ex-convent of the Tepozán, where, at the bottom of the gully, there is a rocky area with cave paintings. The prehistoric paintings of El Tepozan show diverse figures in different colors imprinted in various eras. Very close to these two attractions, in the town of La Panadera and chikis it is still practiced the old craft of embroidery and unthreading or "deshilados", the state's craft by excellence.
Calvillo has the leading position in exports of guava Mexico and famous for its superb confectionery and liqueurs made from this fruit, which you can sample at the Guava Fair held during the first week of December.
The economy in Calvillo is centered on the guava, although there is other agriculture and a great deal of commerce. Calvillo is better known as the world capital of the guava.
Calvillo has also been hit by floods in 1991 and 2008 causing damage (Estimated cost combined by inflation is 67 million.)
People from Calvillo are called "calvillenses".
Geography
=Climate=
{{Weather box
|location = Calvillo (1991–2020)
|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes
|Jan record high C = 32.0
|Feb record high C = 35.5
|Mar record high C = 37.0
|Apr record high C = 40.0
|May record high C = 40.0
|Jun record high C = 40.0
|Jul record high C = 36.5
|Aug record high C = 35.0
|Sep record high C = 34.0
|Oct record high C = 37.0
|Nov record high C = 39.0
|Dec record high C = 32.0
|year record high C = 40.0
|Jan high C = 23.2
|Feb high C = 25.3
|Mar high C = 28.5
|Apr high C = 30.3
|May high C = 32.9
|Jun high C = 31.1
|Jul high C = 27.8
|Aug high C = 27.6
|Sep high C = 27.1
|Oct high C = 27.6
|Nov high C = 26.0
|Dec high C = 23.9
|year high C = 27.6
|Jan mean C = 12.7
|Feb mean C = 14.2
|Mar mean C = 16.5
|Apr mean C = 18.7
|May mean C = 21.8
|Jun mean C = 22.4
|Jul mean C = 20.5
|Aug mean C = 20.3
|Sep mean C = 19.9
|Oct mean C = 18.5
|Nov mean C = 15.5
|Dec mean C = 13.2
|year mean C = 17.9
|Jan low C = 2.2
|Feb low C = 3.0
|Mar low C = 4.6
|Apr low C = 7.1
|May low C = 10.7
|Jun low C = 13.7
|Jul low C = 13.2
|Aug low C = 13.0
|Sep low C = 12.6
|Oct low C = 9.3
|Nov low C = 5.0
|Dec low C = 2.6
|year low C = 8.1
|Jan record low C = -6.5
|Feb record low C = -5.5
|Mar record low C = -5.0
|Apr record low C = 1.0
|May record low C = 2.5
|Jun record low C = 6.5
|Jul record low C = 6.5
|Aug record low C = 7.5
|Sep record low C = 5.0
|Oct record low C = 0.5
|Nov record low C = -4.0
|Dec record low C = -7.5
|year record low C = -7.5
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 19.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 12.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 5.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 4.4
|May precipitation mm = 17.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 97.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 153.4
|Aug precipitation mm = 137.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 99.1
|Oct precipitation mm = 33.6
|Nov precipitation mm = 10.7
|Dec precipitation mm = 10.6
|year precipitation mm = 601.3
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 2.4
|Feb precipitation days = 1.5
|Mar precipitation days = 0.6
|Apr precipitation days = 1.4
|May precipitation days = 3.4
|Jun precipitation days = 10.1
|Jul precipitation days = 15.3
|Aug precipitation days = 14.5
|Sep precipitation days = 11.0
|Oct precipitation days = 4.7
|Nov precipitation days = 1.6
|Dec precipitation days = 2.0
|year precipitation days = 68.5
|source 1 = Servicio Meteorologico Nacional (precipitation days 1951-2010){{cite web
| url = https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/ags/nor9120_01023.txt
| title = Estado de Aguasalientes-Estacion: CALVILLO (DGE)
| work = Normales Climatologicas 1991–2020
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
| language = es
| access-date = 15 February 2025}}{{cite web
|url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL01023.TXT
|title = Estado de Aguascalientes-Estacion: Calvillo
|work = Normales Climatologicas 1951–2010
|language = Spanish
|publisher = Servicio Meteorologico Nacional
|accessdate = 8 May 2015
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075714/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Normales5110/NORMAL01023.TXT
|archive-date = 2015-05-18
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|url = http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00001/00001023.TXT
|title = Extreme Temperatures and Precipitation for Calvillo 1959–2010
|publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
|language = Spanish
|accessdate = 8 May 2015
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075711/http://smn.cna.gob.mx/climatologia/Max-Extr/00001/00001023.TXT
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Notes
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110613183420/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/est/contenidos/espanol/sistemas/conteo2005/localidad/iter/ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005] INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070515091406/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_aguascalientes Aguascalientes] Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México
- www.myspace.com/calvisranch for a Spanish version of the history of Calvillo
References
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180225064932/http://www.livevideo.com/liveshow/calvillo.publicidad INTERACTIVO WEBCAM CHAT EN VIVO Y VIDEOS
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070409021130/http://www.ayuntamientocalvillo.gob.mx/ Ayuntamiento de Calvillo] Official website
- http://calvillo.blogspot.com
- https://web.archive.org/web/20190121024015/https://calvillo.com.mx/
- http://calvillo.sdmexico.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070406171651/http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/ Gobierno del Estado de Aguascalientes] Official website of State of Aguascalientes
- http://www.calvilloweb.com
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081121201222/http://www.livevideo.com/liveshow/calvillo
- http://www.myspace.com/calvisranch
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