page_title: Apaseo el Grande
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Apaseo el Grande / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Solar Panels in Industrial Park La Amistad
context_page_description: Apaseo el Grande is a city and municipality located in Guanajuato, Mexico. The municipality covers 415.26 square kilometres. It is bordered on the north by Comonfort and San Miguel de Allende, on the east by Querétaro, on the south by Apaseo el Alto, and on the west by Celaya. The municipality had a population of 85,319 inhabitants according to the 2010 census.
  In pre-Columbian times, the region was known as Andahe and Atlayahualco by the Otomí and Nahua inhabitants. It was eventually known as Apatzeo by the Purépecha. Following the Spanish conquest c.1525, Apaseo was the first town founded in what is now the state of Guanajuato. It received its present name of Apaseo el Grande in 1957, to avoid confusion with the neighboring town of Apaseo el Alto.
  The municipal president of Apaseo el Grande and its many smaller outlying communities is Lorenzo Licea Rojas.
context_section_description: The Municipality of Apaseo el Grande was traditionally an agricultural and livestock center. Agriculture benefited from the construction of the irrigation district of the Upper Lerma. The main crops are alfalfa, beans, corn, grasses and sorghum. Cattle, pigs and goats are raised, and fowl are bred. These activities have been reduced as a percentage of the economy in recent years due to the development of several industrial zones in the township. Though industry thrives in Apaseo el Grande, its production services gross total (PBT) is 8.1%, well below the 25.1% statewide total.
  Apaseo el Grande occupies a prominent place in the state of Guanajuato for exporting. In 2011, it ranked third in the state, behind only Silao and Irapuato. The majority of these exports are produced by Procter & Gamble, and are shipped to the United States and Latin America.
  Apaseo el Grande ranks 6 out of 46 municipalities in per capita PBT, 123,697, well above the state value of 80,315. But this wealth is poorly distributed among the population, with 56% of the population considered to be living in poverty.
caption: Photovoltaic Plant in Industrial Park La Amistad
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