El Grullo is a town and

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, in

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal ...

in central-western

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. 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

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established there: "La Hacienda del Zacate Grullo". As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,825. 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. , there are about 30,000 residents living in the developing city limits.

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