Calvillo Municipality
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
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2010 | 54,136 | — |
2015 | 56,048 | +3.5% |
2020 | 58,250 | +3.9% |
As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 54,136,
As of 2010, the city of Calvillo had a population of 19,742. Other than the city of Calvillo, the municipality had 307 localities, the largest of which (with 2010 populations in parentheses) were: Ojocaliente (6,914), classified as urban, and El Cuervero (Cuerveros) (2,350), Valle Huejúcar (Fraccionamiento Popular) (1,991), La Labor (1,988), Malpaso (1,697), San Tadeo (1,507), Chiquihuitero (San Isidro) (1,318), La Panadera (1,212), Mesa Grande (1,149), Jaltiche de Arriba (1,114), and Crucero las Pilas (1,031), classified as rural.