Colima
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Colima is a city in Mexico that serves as the capital of the State of Colima. It is an important administrative and cultural center for the state located on Mexico's Pacific coast.
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Place details
- Locality
- Colima
- Region
- Colima
- Country
- México
- Population
- 146,965
- Timezone
- America/Mexico_City
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Key dates
- Inception
- 20 January 1527
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Colima
- Country
- Mexico
- Located in
- Colima Municipality
- Population
- +146965
- Area
- +45
- Elevation
- +495
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Capital of
- Colima
- Official website
- www.colima.gob.mx
- Image
- Colima Colima collage.JPG
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Colima ( Spanish pronunciation: [koˈlima]), located in west−central Mexico, is the capital of the state of the same name and the seat of the municipality of the same name. It is the easternmost and second-largest municipality of Colima, behind Manzanillo. It is located near the Colima volcano, which divides the state from Jalisco. The city of Colima is part of the Colima metropolitan area [es] which also includes Villa de Álvarez and other municipalities.
In 2011, FDI Intelligence, a subsidiary of the Financial Times of London, ranked Colima first in small cities and tenth in Latin America as a place to live. It was evaluated under six categories: economic potential, human resources, cost-benefit ratio, quality of life, infrastructure and favorable business environment. In 2022, however, Colima was ranked as the murder capital of the world with a homicide rate of 182 per 100,000.