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'''Colima' is the name of a 'city' and a 'state' in Mexico. This article is about the city. For the state, see: state of Colima.''
''There is also the Colima Volcano.''
The city of 'Colima' is the capital and main city of the state of the same name. 'Colima' is also the name of the municipality of which the city of Colima is municipal seat.

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History

Disasters

Demographics

Climate

Airport

Trivia

References

External links

History

It is one of the oldest cities in Mexico.
Following the fall of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the Spanish conquistadors were quick to reach the west coast. Colima's native king (Spanish: ''Rey Colimán'') organized the defense of his kingdom against the Spanish. [1]
In 1523 the conquistador Gonzalo de Sandoval founded the first ''Villa de Colima'' in Caxitlán, near modern-day Tecomán. However, poor settlement conditions resulted in the founding of the ''Villa San Sebastián de Colima'' in what is now the city of Colima. [2] The new location provided a better climate, lands better suited to cultivation, and proximity to mining.

Disasters

An earthquake that took place on January 21st, 2003; measuring 7.8 in magnitude caused extensive damage and claimed at least 24 lives in both Colima and neighboring Jalisco state.

Demographics

In the 2005 census the city had a population of 123,597 people, and its municipality had a population of 132,273. The municipality encompasses an area of . The Colima metropolitan area, which includes the municipality of Villa de Álvarez, had a population of 232,394.

Climate

The mean annual temperature is . The annual precipitation is from 2.5–3.75 inchs (63.7 to 94.9 mm), a majority of that being recorded from August to September.

Airport

The Lic. Miguel de la Madrid Airport (CLQ) is near the capital city, Colima, in the municipality of Cuauhtémoc. The Colima airport is 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) northeast of town on the highway to Guadalajara. Mexicana, Avolar, Aero California and Aerolitoral all offer service.

Trivia

★ The monument to ''El Rey Colimán'' was sculpted by Juan F Olaguibel [3] and erected in 1955 in the southern part of the city. [4]

★ The city is widely known as the City of the Palms. [5]

References

★ Link to tables of population data from Census of 2005 INEGI: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática

★ Colima Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

External links

★ Ayuntamiento de Colima Official website

★ Diario de Colima

★ Colima Majic

★ Colima and the Area