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Colima is a state in western Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima
Colima, Colima

Colima is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the city. For the state, see: Colima. There is also the Colima ....
.

Colima is a small state, sharing a border with the Mexican states of Jalisco
Jalisco

Jalisco is a Mexican state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. In the 2005 census, Jalisco had a population of 6,752,113 people....
 to the north and east, and Michoacán
Michoacán

Michoac?n formally Michoac?n de Ocampo , is one of the 31 constituent States of Mexico of Mexico. It borders the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west, Guanajuato and Quer?taro to the north, Mexico to the east, Guerrero to the south-east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south....
 to the south. To the west Colima borders the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. In addition to the capital city of Colima, the state's main cities include Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Colima

Manzanillo is a city as well as its surrounding municipalities of Mexico in the Political divisions of Mexico of Colima. The city, located on the Pacific Ocean, contains Mexico's busiest port....
 and Tecomán
Tecomán

Tecom?n is a city and seat of the Tecom?n in the Mexican state of Colima, about 50 km south of the Colima, Colima. In the 2005 census the city had a population of 76,166 people, whereas the municipality's population was 98,150....
. The state has an area of , with a population in 2005 census of about 567,996 people.

Constitution of the State of Colima provides that the government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 of Colima consists of three powers
Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
: the executive
Executive (government)

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, the legislative
Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
 and the judiciary
Judiciary

In law, the judiciary is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the Sovereignty or state, a mechanism for the dispute resolution....
.

Executive power rests in the Governor of Colima
Governor of Colima

According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not elegible for reelection....
, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, to a 6-year term with no possibility of reelection.






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Colima is a state in western Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima
Colima, Colima

Colima is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. This article is about the city. For the state, see: Colima. There is also the Colima ....
.

Colima is a small state, sharing a border with the Mexican states of Jalisco
Jalisco

Jalisco is a Mexican state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. In the 2005 census, Jalisco had a population of 6,752,113 people....
 to the north and east, and Michoacán
Michoacán

Michoac?n formally Michoac?n de Ocampo , is one of the 31 constituent States of Mexico of Mexico. It borders the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west, Guanajuato and Quer?taro to the north, Mexico to the east, Guerrero to the south-east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south....
 to the south. To the west Colima borders the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. In addition to the capital city of Colima, the state's main cities include Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Colima

Manzanillo is a city as well as its surrounding municipalities of Mexico in the Political divisions of Mexico of Colima. The city, located on the Pacific Ocean, contains Mexico's busiest port....
 and Tecomán
Tecomán

Tecom?n is a city and seat of the Tecom?n in the Mexican state of Colima, about 50 km south of the Colima, Colima. In the 2005 census the city had a population of 76,166 people, whereas the municipality's population was 98,150....
. The state has an area of , with a population in 2005 census of about 567,996 people.

Government and politics

The Constitution of the State of Colima provides that the government
Government

Government is the body within any organization that has the authority to make and the power to enforce laws, regulations, or rules. Typically, the government refers to a civil government -- local, provincial, or national -- but commercial, academic, religious, or other formal organizations are also administered by governing bodies....
 of Colima consists of three powers
Political power

Political power is a type of power held by a political organization in a society which allows administration of some or all of public resources, including labour, and wealth....
: the executive
Executive (government)

Sorry, no overview for this topic
, the legislative
Legislature

Legislature is a type of representative deliberative assembly with the power to create and change laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law....
 and the judiciary
Judiciary

In law, the judiciary is the system of courts which administer justice in the name of the Sovereignty or state, a mechanism for the dispute resolution....
.

Executive power rests in the Governor of Colima
Governor of Colima

According to the Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, the exercise of the Executive Power of this Mexican entity is placed in a single individual, called the Constitutional Governor of the Free and Sovereign State of Colima who is chosen for a period of 6 years and is not elegible for reelection....
, who is directly elected by the citizens, using a secret ballot, to a 6-year term with no possibility of reelection. Legislative power rests in the Congress of Colima
Congress of Colima

The Congress of the State of Colima is the legislative branch of the government of the State of Colima. The Congress of Colima is an unicameral legislature....
 which is a unicameral legislature composed of 25 deputies. Judicial power is invested in the Superior Court of Justice of Colima.

Municipalities

The State of Colima is divided into 10 municipalities, each headed by a municipal president
Municipal president

A presidente municipal is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The position is comparable to the mayor of a city in the United States although the jurisdiction of a presidente municipal includes not only a city but the municipality surrounding it....
 (mayor). Municipalities are named after the city that serves as municipal seat; e.g. the municipal seat of the Municipality of Manzanillo is the City of Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Colima

Manzanillo is a city as well as its surrounding municipalities of Mexico in the Political divisions of Mexico of Colima. The city, located on the Pacific Ocean, contains Mexico's busiest port....
. The municipalities (Municipios) are: Colima, Villa de Álvarez, Comala
Comala

Comala is a small town and seat of the Comala in the Mexico Mexican state of Colima.Comala is a very small city and it's famous because of its white houses, and for Juan Rulfo's novel Pedro P?ramo, in which the sad town of Comala is described as a "pueblo de fantasmas" because its dead inhabitants wander the town as if in purgatory....
, Cuauhtémoc, Colima
Cuauhtémoc, Colima

Cuauht?moc is a municipality in the Mexico state of Colima. Its municipal seat is the city of Cuauht?moc, Colima.The municipality of Cuauht?moc covers a total surface area of 373.2 km?....
, Minatitlán, Ixtlahuacán
Ixtlahuacán

Ixtlahuac?n is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima.The municipal seat lies at Ixtlahuac?n. The municipality covers an area of 468.7 km?....
, Tecomán
Tecomán

Tecom?n is a city and seat of the Tecom?n in the Mexican state of Colima, about 50 km south of the Colima, Colima. In the 2005 census the city had a population of 76,166 people, whereas the municipality's population was 98,150....
, Manzanillo
Manzanillo, Colima

Manzanillo is a city as well as its surrounding municipalities of Mexico in the Political divisions of Mexico of Colima. The city, located on the Pacific Ocean, contains Mexico's busiest port....
, Armería
Armería

Armer?a is a municipality in the south-central part of the Mexico States of Mexico of Colima. The municipality reported 24,939 inhabitants in the 2005 census and has an area of 341.6 km? ....
 and Coquimatlán
Coquimatlán

Coquimatl?n is a city and seat of the Coquimatl?n , in the Mexican state of Colima. As of 2005, it had a population of 11,374.References...
. These municipalities could be best compared to Counties in the United States, in that they have their own government, police, and services. They also hold their own culture which culminates to create the state's culture. Each has its own songs, dances, clothes and traditional foods.

Elections

  • 2003 Colima state election
  • 2005 Colima state election
  • 2006 Colima state election
    Colima state election, 2006

    A local election was scheduled to be held in the States of Mexico of Colima on Sunday, July 2, 2006. Voters will go to the polls to elect, on the local level:...


Trivia

The Soap Opera Contra viento y marea
Contra viento y marea

Contra viento y marea is a Mexican telenovela aired from May 9 until November 18, 2005...
, starring Sebastian Rulli
Sebastián Rulli

Sebasti?n Oscar Rulli is an Argentine-Mexican actor and model....
, Marlene Favela
Marlene Favela

Marlene Favela is a Mexican actress. Her height is 5' 9?" . She studied at "Centro de Educaci?n Art?stica de Televisa" in Mexico City and is also a famous model....
 and Azela Robinson
Azela Robinson

Azela Jacqueline Robinson Ca?edo is a Mexico actress....
, takes places in the towns of Colima, Manzanillo and Cuyutlan which is a beach town located in the municipality of Armería.

A famous volcano in the area is called "Volcan de Colima
Colima (volcano)

Colima's Volcano is the most active volcano volcano in Mexico, and has eruption more than 40 times since 1576.Despite its name, only a fraction of the volcano's surface area is contained within the Colima ; the majority of its surface area lies just over the border in the neighboring Jalisco, toward the western end of the Eje Volc?nico...
" (AKA Volcan de Fuego), but in fact, half of it is in the neighboring state of Jalisco which has been taking over more and more Colimense territory since the states were formed.

See also

  • 2003 Colima earthquake
    2003 Colima earthquake

    The 2003 Colima earthquake registered a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter scale, and it occurred on January 21, 2003. The center of the earthquake was located on the Pacific coast, in the Mexican state of Colima....
  • Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition
    Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition

    The Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition or shaft tomb culture refers to a set of interlocked cultural traits found in the western Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and, to a lesser extent, Colima to its south, roughly dating to the period between 300 Common Era and 400 Common Era, although there is not wide agreement on this end-date...


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