Colima (Federal State)

Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima

map of Mexico
Colima emphasized
capital Colima
surface 5,191 km ² (rank 29)
number of inhabitants
(censuses 2000)
542,627 (rank 31)
population density 105 Ew. /km ²
governor
(2005-2009)
Jesús Silverio Cavazos Ceballos (PRI)
federal delegate (3) PRI = 1
PAN = 1
senators PAN = 2
PRI = 1
ISO 3166-2 MX-COL
postal ABC COL
Website www.colima-estado.gob.mx

the Mexican Federal State Colima is with 571.000 inhabitants on a surface of 5.191 km ² one the smallest in Mexico. It lies between Michoacán and Jalisco; the most well-knownPlace is the seaside resort Manzanillo. Capital is Colima.

Colima belonged to Konföderation , which was disliked with the Purépecha and maintained therefore (after the slogan „the enemy of my enemy is my friend “) to the Chimalhuacán - good relations with the Aztecs.

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coordinates: 19° 5 ′ 48 " N, 103° 57 ′ 39 " W

 

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