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Colima, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, [b] is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima . Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the central Pacific coast, and includes the four oceanic Revillagigedo Islands .
ISO 3166-2, International Organization for Standardization - ISO 3166 Codes Mexico. ISO 3166 Country Codes, International Organization for Standardization. Accessed on line October 21, 2007. States of Mexico, statoids.com. Last updated April 23, 2007; accessed on line October 21, 2007.
The first electrical plant in the state of Colima called El Remate was built in 1906, supplying electricity to Comala, Colima and Villa de Alvarez. [2] A train line connecting the city of Colima to the Cerro Grande to ship lumber began to function in 1910. [2] Suchitlán was the site of the area's first ejido in 1918. [2]
The first city council in Mexico was established by Hernán Cortés in 1519 in Veracruz; it was also the first in the American mainland. [7] Settlements located in strategic locations received the status of ciudad (the highest status within the Empire, superior to that of villas and pueblos ) and were entitled to form an ayuntamiento or ...
Map of Mexico. This is a list of municipalities in Mexico which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as "town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
Armería is a municipality in the south-central part of the Mexican state of Colima. Ciudad de Armería is a city and the seat of Armería municipality.The municipality reported 29,599 inhabitants in the 2015 census and has an area of 341.60 km 2 (131.89 sq mi). [1]
The municipality of Villa de Álvarez is located in the north-central zone of the state of Colima. between the geographic coordinates 19°13'-19°26' north latitude and 103°38'-104°02' west longitude and its altitude fluctuates between 400 and 1800 meters above sea level.
Benito Juárez, Mexico City – Benito Pablo Juárez García, President of Mexico (1858–1872) General Pedro María Anaya – Pedro María de Anaya , general and twice-president (1847 and 1848) Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez – Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez ″ La Corregidora ″, (1768–1829), hero of the Mexican War of Independence