Minatitlán,_Colima_(municipality)

Minatitlán, Colima (municipality)

Minatitlán

— Municipality —

Motto: La entereza del hombre vence

Minatitlán

Coordinates: 19°23′N 104°3′W / 19.383, -104.05

Country Mexico

State Colima

Municipal seat Minatitlán

Largest city Minatitlán

Government

- Municipal president Héctor Bautista Vázquez^[1] ( PRI^[2])

Area

- Total 215 km² (83 sq mi)

Population (2005)

- Total 7,478

- Density 34.8/km² (90.1/sq mi)

Data source: INEGI

Time zone CST (UTC-6)

- Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)

INEGI code 008

Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México

Website: (Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Minatitlan, Colima, Mexico

Minatitlán is a municipality of the Mexican state of Colima. Its municipal seat is the city of the same name. Its principal economic activities are farming, ranching and mining. Minatitlán borders the state of Jalisco to the northwest, the municipality of Manzanillo to the southwest, and the municipalities of Coquimatlán, Villa de Álvarez, and Comala to the southeast.^[3]

References

^ (Spanish) Cuautitlán y Minatitlán; en conflicto por un puente, Casimiro Castillo, El Sur, June 22, 2007. Accessed on line December 28, 2007.
^ (Spanish) De acuerdo al PREP, aventaja PRI-PVEM en 8 alcaldías y 2 el PAN, el Comentario, July 3, 2006. Accessed on line December 28, 2007.
^ (Spanish) Minatitlán, Colima at the Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Accessed on line December 28, 2007.

External links

(Spanish) Minatitlán, Colima at the Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México.
(Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Minatitlan, Colima, Mexico—official government website.

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