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State of Colima Estado de Colima |
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| Nickname(s): The city of the Palm Trees | |||
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| Country |  Mexico |
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| Capital | Colima | ||
| Municipalities | 10 | ||
| Largest City | Manzanillo | ||
| Government | |||
| - Governor | Mario Anguiano Moreno (PRI) | ||
| - Federal Deputies | PAN: 2 | ||
| - Federal Senators | PAN: 2 PRI: 1 |
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| Area Ranked 29th |
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| - Total | 5,191 km2 (2,004.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 567,996(Ranked 31st) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| HDI (2004) | 0.8001 - high Ranked 14th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | MX-COL | ||
| Postal abbr. | Col. | ||
| Website | Colima state government | ||
Colima is a state in western Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima.
Colima is a small state, sharing a border with the Mexican states of Jalisco to the north and east, and Michoacán to the south. To the west Colima borders the Pacific Ocean. In addition to the capital city of Colima, the state's main cities include Manzanillo and Tecomán. The state has an area of 5,455 square kilometers (2,106.2 sq mi), with a population in 2005 census of about 567,996 people.
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The Constitution of the State of Colima provides that the government of Colima consists of three powers: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary.
Executive power rests in the Governor of Colima, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, to a 6-year term with no possibility of reelection. Legislative power rests in the Congress of Colima which is a unicameral legislature composed of 25 deputies. Judicial power is invested in the Superior Court of Justice of Colima.
The State of Colima is divided into 10 municipalities, each headed by a municipal president (mayor). Municipalities are named after the city that serves as municipal seat; e.g. the municipal seat of the Municipality of Manzanillo is the City of Manzanillo. The municipalities (Municipios) are: Colima, Villa de Álvarez, Comala, Cuauhtémoc, Colima, Minatitlán, Ixtlahuacán, Tecomán, Manzanillo, Armería and Coquimatlán. These municipalities could be best compared to Counties in the United States, in that they have their own government, police, and services. They also hold their own culture which culminates to create the state's culture. Each has its own songs, dances, clothes and traditional foods.
The telenovela Contra viento y marea, starring Pavel Barreto, Marlene Favela and Acela Garibay, takes places in the towns of Colima, Manzanillo and Cuyutlán, which is a gray sand beach town located in the municipality of Armería.
A famous volcano in the area is called the Volcán de Colima (the Volcán de Fuego, the Nevado de Colima), but in fact, half of it is in the neighboring state of Jalisco which has been taking over more and more Colimense territory since the states were formed.
colimapopulation is 132,273
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Coordinates: 19°05′48″N 103°57′39″W / 19.09667°N 103.96083°W
Colima is the capital of Colima state in Mexico.
You can get to Colima by plane only from Mexico City by AeroMar. Airport is located 15km north, outside the city. To get to the downtown your only option is a taxi, which will cost $20.00 USD.
You could also fly to Guadalajara, which is Mexico's second largest city, and where there are more flight options. From there you could take a bus (25 usd), which will take 3 hours to get to Colima bus station and from there to the down town a cab will charge you 2 or 3 US dollars.
Sleeping
You can sleep downtown in the Hotel Ceballos ( Best Western )or Hotel America, just out of the downtown you find the hotel Maria Isabel and at the edge of town is a Fiesta Inn.
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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Zodaroidea
Familia: Zodariidae
Genus: Colima
Species: C. colima -
C. manzanillo
Type species: Colima colima Jocqué & Baert, 2005
| State of Colima | |||
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| Location within Mexico | |||
| Country | |||
| Capital | Colima | ||
| Municipalities | 10 | ||
| Largest City | Manzanillo | ||
| Government | |||
| - Governor | Jesus Silverio Cavazos Ceballos (PRI) | ||
| - Federal Deputies | PAN: 2 | ||
| - Federal Senators | PAN: 2 PRI: 1 |
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| Area Ranked 29th | |||
| - Total | 5,191 km2 (2,004.3 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 567,996(Ranked 31st) | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| HDI (2004) | 0.8001 - high Ranked 14th |
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| ISO 3166-2 | MX-COL | ||
| Postal abbr. | Col. | ||
| Website | Colima state government | ||
Colima is a state in west Mexico. About 760,000 people live there. Its capital is also called Colima.
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