Calvillo (Ceety) | |
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Ceety | |
![]() Municipality location in Aguascalientes | |
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 | |
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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".
As o 2010, Calvillo haed a tot population o 19,742,[1]
Climate data for Calvillo, Aguascalientes | |||||||||||||
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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] |