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Your
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Colima Information:
 Colima,
state (1990 pop. 428,510), 2,010 sq mi (5,206 sq km), SW Mexico, on the
Pacific Ocean. 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 Michoacán.
It includes the islands of Revillagigedo off the coast. Most of the state
lies within the cool highlands of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The active
Colima Volcano, or Volcano of Fire (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.
Sugarcane, bananas, and tropical
fruits, as well as some of Mexico's finest coffee, are Colima's primary
agricultural products. Colima is also one of Mexico's largest iron-producing
states; the ore is processed at Lázaro Cárdenas. Economic
development has been hindered by inadequate communications, although tourism
is being developed along the coast.
Once part of the ancient
Aztec kingdom of Colima, the region was conquered by the Spanish in the
16th cent. Wars between conservative and liberal forces during the 19th
cent. brought much fighting to the state.
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