Aguascalientes

Thesis

October 11, 2026 · 9 min

Twenty million: the North American regions the size of the Bajío-Occidente

The Bajío-Occidente is home to 22.1 million people. North America has only a handful of regions that size: greater Mexico City, the Texas Triangle, Southern California, New York, Florida and the Québec City–Windsor Corridor, plus Guatemala and Hispaniola. With the same number of people, the Texas Triangle produces six times more per person.

History

September 27, 2026 · 12 min

Who settled the Bajío: 2,600 years told from its cities

The Bajío has filled up and emptied out more than once. Preclassic farmers settled it first; around the year 1000 they abandoned it; silver and wheat repopulated it in the 16th century; by 1803 it was the densest region of New Spain. Today León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí and Aguascalientes are home to more than five million people, and the order among them is shifting.

Market

June 11, 2026 · 5 min

The Bajío's Japanese automakers by the numbers

In 2025 Japanese brands built one in three light vehicles made in Mexico. Six Bajío plants produced 1.1 million units, 28% of the national total. Two of them already run above 90% of capacity.

History

June 4, 2026 · 5 min

Forty years of Japan in the Bajío: from Aguascalientes to Apaseo el Grande

In March 2026 Nissan closed CIVAC, its first plant in Mexico, and moved the output to Aguascalientes. The closure sums up forty years: the centre of gravity of Japan's auto industry in Mexico has moved to the Bajío.

Environment

March 10, 2026 · 5 min

Four states, three models: how to prepare a project an environmental fund will actually finance

Environmental money exists in three of the four Bajío states, but each fund rewards a different applicant and project. A comparison, which fund for what, and seven steps to a fundable project.

Environment

February 24, 2026 · 4 min

Aguascalientes: the environmental fund the law calls for, but we cannot yet see

Guanajuato, Jalisco and Querétaro turn vehicle emissions testing into environmental projects. Aguascalientes law calls for an environmental fund, but we found none operating in public sources.