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  AllRefer.com - Colima, state, Mexico, Mexico (Mexican Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
The capital is Colima; the port is Manzanillo.
The second smallest in population and one of the smallest in area of the Mexican states, Colima is wedged between Jalisco, which nearly surrounds it, and MichoacAn.
Once part of the ancient Aztec kingdom of Colima, the region was conquered by the Spanish in the 16th cent.
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 Knowledge King - Colima (state)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Colima is a small state, bordering the Mexican states of Jalisco to the north and west, and Michoacán to the south.
Following accusations of irregularities, the gubernatorial result was declared void by the state electoral authorities and an extraordinary election was held on 7 December 2003.
The state electoral institute declared Vázquez Montes the winner but, as of the time of writing, his opponents are still pursuing the legal channels available to challenge that decision.
www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/c/co/colima__state_.html   (259 words)

  
 wiki/Colima (state) Definition / wiki/Colima (state) Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Chiapas is bordered by the states of Tabasco to the north, Veracruz to the northwest, and Oaxaca to the west.
It borders the states of Sinaloa, Zacatecas and Durango to the north, and Jalisco to the east and south.
SonoraSonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest.
www.elresearch.com /wiki/Colima_(state)   (1328 words)

  
 Manzanillo Mexico Condo for Lease, Rent or Rental   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Colima is the fourth smallest state in Mexico.
Three-quarters of the state is mountainous, with the Sierra Madres’ dominating the landscape.
To the west, east and north, Colima is bordered with the state of Jalisco; to the southeast it’s the state of Michoacan.
www.latts.com /manzanillo/colima_mexico.htm   (180 words)

  
 Colima state election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An extraordinary gubernatorial election was held in the Mexican state of Colima on 10 April 2005.
The election was necessitated by the death of incumbent governor Gustavo Vázquez Montes of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) in an aeroplane crash on 24 February 2005.
Morán was the serving mayor of Colima, Colima, who took temporary leave from that position to fight the election.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2005_Colima_state_election   (187 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Mexico 2002 (2)
The Singapore of America -- this is one of the slogans the State of Colima uses to promote its image in Mexico and to the rest of the world.
Though the state already has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, it created 5,000 new jobs last year and plans to match that number in each of the coming years.
The governor of Colima, Fernando Moreno Peña, gives a personal pledge "to maintain a direct line of communication between business and the government," not something to be taken for granted in a country traditionally known for its crushing bureaucracy.
www.internationalreports.net /theamericas/mexico/2002/2/colimaasmall.html   (516 words)

  
 Colima, Manzanillo, comala, volcan, Queseria, Naranjal, Tonila, Ticuzitan lagoon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Colima, Manzanillo, comala, volcan, Queseria, Naranjal, Tonila, Ticuzitan lagoon
The state of Colima is located at the central Pacific coast of Mexico, bordered to the north, east and southeast by the states of Michoacán and Jalisco.
Nearly three-quarters of Colima's surface area is covered by hills and mountains, important rivers are the Cihuatlán River, which forms a geographical boundary with the state of Jalisco, the Coahuayana River, forming a boundary with the state of Michoacan, and the Armería River, which originates in Jalisco.
www.andalemexico.com /de/dst_colima.htm   (575 words)

  
 COLIMA, MEXICO. INDEX. For the State of Colima, and cities: Colima, Manzanillo, La Manzanilla, - In Access Mexico ...
Colima may be small in area but it boasts an extraordinary diversity of scenery, culture, folklore and tourist attractions.
Colima city, with a population of approximately 130,000, is the state's capital city and is located 64 miles (103 kilometers) northeast of the state's second major city, Manzanillo.
Colima is Mexico's second-largest producer of coconuts, yielding an astonishing 0.7 tons of coconuts per acre.
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 Colima   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The State of Colima is a small state, bordering the Mexican states of Jalisco to the north and west, and Michoacan to the south.
In addition to the capital city of Colima, the state of Colima includes the cities of Manzanillo and Tecomán.
The City of Colima is located at 19.24°N, 103.73°W. In 2003 the city had an estimated population of about 125,400 people.
www.termsdefined.net /co/colima.html   (223 words)

  
 Dave's Travel Corner [Colima, Mexico]
The state of Colima is one of the smallest states in Mexico.
Colima is situated higher in elevation then the coastal towns, and as a result, is cooler then the beach towns.
Colima is the capital of the state of Colima.
www.davestravelcorner.com /articles/colima   (738 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Mexico 2002 (2)
And the state, one of Mexico's smallest, backs up his claim with a large array of investment incentives anchored in the state's 1998 Law for Economic Development.
Colima aims to simultaneously build on the strength of its traditional activities in its port, Manzanillo, agribusiness and mining as well as more recent industrial activities in electronics, automotive, and textiles and also development of its tourism industry.
Among the advantages Colima offers to investors is an abundant supply of electrical energy, a resource that is often expensive and problematic in Mexico.
www.internationalreports.net /theamericas/mexico/2002/2/colimais.html   (508 words)

  
 Colima - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the state capital of the same name, see Colima, Colima.
It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima, 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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colima_(state)   (153 words)

  
 Open Directory - Regional:North America:Mexico:States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Campeche is bordered by the States of Yucatan and Quintana Roo on the north and east, by the Gulf of Mexico on the west, and by the State of Tabasco and the country of Guatemala on the south.
Colima borders the Pacific ocean and the Mexican states of Jalisco and Michoacan.
Colima borders the Pacific ocean and the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, and Jalisco.
dmoz.org /Regional/North_America/Mexico/States/desc.html   (1833 words)

  
 Colima, state, Mexico. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
The second smallest in population and one of the smallest in area of the Mexican states, Colima is wedged between Jalisco, which nearly surrounds it, and Michoacán.
The active volcano Colima (12,533 ft/3,820 m high) and the neighboring peak, Nevado de Colima (14,235 ft/4,339 m high), are just across the border in Jalisco.
Colima is also one of Mexico’s largest iron-producing states; the ore is processed at Lázaro Cárdenas.
www.bartleby.com /65/co/Colima-st.html   (231 words)

  
 Tour By Mexico ® - Colima State --- 18
olima State is located on the western side of Mexico on the Pacific coast, ranging from the southern slopes of the Fuego de Colima volcano to the Pacific coastal plain.
Colima has an area of 5,455 sq km (2,106 sq mi), which represents only 0.3% of the total Mexican territory and a population of approximately 542,627 inhabitants.
The Revillagigedo archipelago is part of Colima (area of 167 sq km or 64 sq mi) and was transferred to Colima by President Benito Juarez in 1861.
www.tourbymexico.com /colima/colima.htm   (324 words)

  
 The Pacific Coast of Colima, Mexico
It is bordered by the states of Jalisco to the west and north, and Michoacán to the east.
The two largest cities are the capital, Colima, located inland NE of the center of the state, and Manzanillo, a tourist resort area and shipping port on the Pacific coast.
The coast of Colima is at a latitude of 19°N, comparable to Jamaica and Hawaii.
www.tomzap.com /colima.html   (240 words)

  
 GDIN.org
The epicenter of the temblor was 8 miles south of hte sity of Tecoman, Colima State, at coodinates 184824N/1035312W.
According to press reports and Mexican Civil defense authorities, the earhtquake caused extensive damage to several cities in Colima state, minor damge in the states of Jalisco and Michoacan, and was felt as far away as Mexico City, located 310miles east of the epicenter.
Elsewhere in Colima state, moderate damage was noted in the city of Tecoman and light damage has been reported in Juarez, Tecolapa and America; while no damge was observed in Chihatlan, madrid, and Coquimatlan.
www.gdin.org /products/mexicoJAN03.html   (249 words)

  
 --Colima--   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The state of Colima is located on the middle part of the Pacific slope, between the 18°41'10" - 19°27'20" latitude north and the 103°30'20" - 104°37'10" longitude west, in the western end of the Mexican Republic.
It is limited by the states of Jalisco, to the west, north, and east; Michoacan, to the southeast, and by the Pacific Ocean, to the south.
The state’s total extension is 5,451 kms_, accounting for 0.3% of the country’s total surface.
www.inah.gob.mx /inah_ing/cein/htme/cein0601.html   (212 words)

  
 Distant Image of Colima Volcano, State of Jalisco, Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Located about 125 km (75 miles) south of Guadalajara, in the Mexican state of Jalisco the 13,325 ft. Colima (19.5N, 103.5W) is the most active volcano in Mexico.
This eruption was characterized by its ash flows and the formation of a summit crater measuring 300 meters in depth.
Colima's activity in the 80's was characterized by small sporadic flows of lava and frequent avalanches from its summit.
volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/img_colima.html   (302 words)

  
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The Universidad de Colima reported on 30 January that the growing lava dome at Colima could result in either a dome collapse in days or weeks that would send pyroclastic flows down the volcano's S flank, or explosions could destroy the lava dome and hurl volcanic fragments several kilometers.
Scientific Advisory Committee of Colima University personnel and the authorities of Colima State determined that the continuous inflation and numerous small earthquakes that have been recorded during the past 2 weeks could lead to the formation of lava flows and pyroclastic flows.
Residents of the city of Colima, ~32 km from the volcano, heard the explosion and ash fell in the town of Grullo, ~60 km NW of the volcano.
www.volcano.si.edu /reports/usgs/archive.cfm?volcano=colima   (7341 words)

  
 21 die in 7.8 Mexico quake / Rural coastal state of Colima hit worst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The quake, in the state of Colima, lasted about 45 seconds and was followed by an aftershock of between 3 and 4 magnitude, officials said.
In Jalisco state, civil defense authorities said an 85-year-old woman in the town of Zapotitlan died after she rushed out of her house and was crushed by a falling security wall that had ringed her yard.
Beyond Colima and Jalisco, the heaviest damage was believed to have occurred in the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/01/22/MN13084.DTL&type=printable   (837 words)

  
 VISIT COLIMA STATE IN MEXICO
The city of Colima, originally named by the Spanish Villa de San Sebastian, was founded in 1523 as the third town Council of the New Spain, after the ones in Veracruz and Mexico, and the first in western Mexico the Occident of the Country.
The capital of the state is surrounded by a vast tropical vegetation.
Colima's traditional cooking has distinguished itself by its magnificent variety of splendid dishes and condiments wich provide rich and nutritious cuisine for the most discerning gourmet.
members.fortunecity.com /xe1bef/colima.htm   (572 words)

  
 .:: UNIVERSITY OF COLIMA ::.
The University of Colima is in Colima State which is located in western Mexico on the Pacific Coast.
Colima State is one of the four smallest states in the country.
Colima City is the biggest and most populated city in the State.
www.ucol.mx /english/internacionalizacion/inf_extranjeros_eng/edo_colima_eng.php   (287 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Mexico -- Mexico's Volcano of Fire in Colima state spouts ash, hot rock in major ...
MEXICO CITY – A major eruption shook the Volcano of Fire in the western state of Colima Monday, sending a pyroclastic flow of burning gas and rocks fragments more than 2.5 miles (4 kms) down the slopes and sending clouds of ash two miles (3 kms) into the air.
Individual chunks of rock were blown as far as 2.5 miles (4 kms) to the west, while the pyroclastic flow mainly streamed down the eastern flanks, according to a statement by the observation station.
Vulcanologists consider the Colima volcano to be one of the most active and potentially the most destructive of the volcanoes in Mexico.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/mexico/20050523-1927-mexico-volcano.html   (336 words)

  
 Colima's Climate
It is observed that the semi- warm climates are located where the temperature begins to diminish in the area where the elevation of the Volcano begins.
The climate of Colima is characterized by an average temperature of
mainly in the municipalities of Cuauhtemoc, Minatitlan, Villa de Alvarez, Colima and Ixtlahuacan with a precipitation of 1200 mm.
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 Review - Manzanillo and the state of Colima
The state of Colima is located 165 miles south of Puerto Vallarta in the central western part of Mexico.
The fourth smallest state in Mexico rises from the sea along the pacific coast to 11,670 feet in the Sierras.
Colima's eighty-seven miles of coastline and volcanic mountains are a natural mecca with a yearly average of 350 days of sunshine.
www.planeta.com /planeta/99/0299bookcolima.html   (650 words)

  
 Colima, Mexico
It is surrounded by the States of Michoacán de Ocampo (SW), and Jalisco (N); and bathed by the Pacific Ocean.
Some histians agree that the word Colima comes from Colliman, the name by which was known the old kingdom that dominated this coastal region.
Colima was never granted a coat of arms, and so, recently, the state government adopted one, with the characteristics of our land.
www.fotw.net /flags/mx-col.html   (326 words)

  
 DISASTER IN MEXICO: Quake's devastation 'is like a war zone'
Red Cross officials and civil defense officers reported 26 deaths in Colima state, where at least 166 homes were badly damaged or destroyed, two deaths in the neighboring state of Jalisco, and one in the state of Michoacan, to the west.
In Colima state's capital, also called Colima, parts of the downtown lay in ruins Wednesday, with collapsed adobe houses and cars crushed under piles of bricks.
The earthquake was centered southeast of the port and tourist center of Manzanillo, on the Pacific coast in Colima state.
www.freep.com /news/nw/quake23_20030123.htm   (508 words)

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