Where is colima mexico

Colima is a state in western Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima, Colima. To the west Colima borders the Pacific Ocean. Road Trips. Travel for Good.

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Article continues below advertisement. Suchitlan, a village near Comala, is known for its traditional ceremonial masks. The highest peak in the state is the Colima Volcano at 4, meters 13, feet , the country's most active volcano.

It lies on the border with Jalisco and has erupted over forty times since the s. Damaging earthquakes, the most recent in , are relatively frequent. Colima's rivers flow from north to south into the Pacific Ocean. Colima has kilometers miles of coastline. It is used for salt production. The Manzanillo and Santiago Bays are both on the Pacific coastline.

The state includes the Revillagigedo Archipelago in the Pacific. Temperatures are fairly constant year round, with variation depending on elevation. The rainy season falls from June through October, when much of the average annual rain falls. Rainfall during those months averages 1, millimeters 40 inches. Colima is one of the richest Mexican regions in species and one of the top protected areas in North America for biodiversity.

In , Colima received a federal grant to establish a system requiring industries to track pollutants. Sierra de Manantlan Biosphere Reserve straddles the border with Jalisco. About one-fourth of Mexico's species of mammals and one-third of its bird species find habitat in the reserve. The population density was 96 people per square kilometer people per square mile.

In , the capital, Colima, had a population of , That year there were also 5, Jehovah's Witnesses, and nearly 12, people who reported no religion. There are 1, kilometers 1, miles of highway connecting the state's ten cities. Eight of the ten municipalities have four-lane highways.

Both provide domestic and international air service. Manzanillo on the Pacific Ocean is Mexico's main deep-sea port. The port is equipped to unload large containers from ships and move them around on Agricultural grains and cement are among the many products shipped through Manzanillo's port.

There is no passenger train service in Colima, but kilometers miles of railroad track transports cargo from the port and other Colima cities to other locations in Mexico. The first human settlements date back to A.

Early civilizations, such as the Toltec around and the Chichimec around , were the first to build cities and introduce productive agriculture to the region. The Spanish tried three times in the early s to colonize Colima but met with fierce resistance from the native population. Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza c. A viceroy is a governor who rules as the representative of a king or queen, in this case of Spain.

By , Colima was already a municipality. It evolved into an important economic, strategic, and cultural center during the colonial period. Hidalgo had previously lived and worked as a priest in Colima.

Spanish royalists followers of the king successfully prevented the independence fighters from gaining control of Colima. The independence struggle continued throughout the decade. Finally in , the royalist forces accepted independence and signed the Plan of Iguala agreement that secured Mexico's independence from Spain. In , Colima was incorporated into the state of Jalisco. In November , French troops occupied Colima and incorporated it into the lands effectively ruled by Mexican emperor Maximilian — A new railroad and important infrastructure investments helped expand agriculture and other economic activities.

In the Mexican Revolution began. It reached Colima in , when the governor surrendered to the revolutionary forces. After the passage of the Mexican Constitution in , Colima passed its own constitution later that year.