El Grullo

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As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,825.<ref>{{cite web|title=El Grullo |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/jalisco/mpios/14037a.htm |work=Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México |publisher=Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal |access-date=April 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927205726/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/jalisco/mpios/14037a.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

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}}, there are about 30,000 residents living in the developing city limits.

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Category:Municipalities of Jalisco {{Jalisco-geo-stub}}