El Grullo

19°48′20″N 104°13′00″W / 19.80556°N 104.21667°W / 19.80556; -104.21667Country MexicoStateJaliscoArea • Total157.2 km² (60.7 sq mi)Population • Total21,825

El Grullo is a town and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. 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 Hacienda established there: "La Hacienda del Zacate Grullo".

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 21,825.^[1]

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^[update], there are about 30,000 residents living in the developing city limits.

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