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State of Colima
State of Colima; Estado de Colima
	— State —
; Flag	; Coat of arms
	Nickname(s): The city of the Palm Trees
	Location within Mexico
	Municipalities of Colima
Country	Mexico
Capital	Colima
Municipalities	10
Largest City	Manzanillo
	Government
- Governor	Mario Anguiano Moreno (PRI)
- Federal Deputies	PAN: 2
- Federal Senators	PAN: 2; PRI: 1
	Area; Ranked 29th
- Total	5,191 km2 (2,004.3 sq mi)
	Population (2005)
- Total	567,996(Ranked 31st)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
HDI (2004)	0.8001 - high; Ranked 14th
ISO 3166-2	MX-COL
Postal abbr.	Col.
Website	Colima state government

This article is about the Mexican state. For its capital, see Colima, Colima. For other uses, see Colima (disambiguation).

Colima is a state in western Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima.

Colima is a small state, sharing a border with the Mexican states of Jalisco to the north and east, and Michoacán to the south. To the west Colima borders the Pacific Ocean. In addition to the capital city of Colima, the state's main cities include Manzanillo and Tecomán. The state has an area of 5,455 square kilometers (2,106.2 sq mi), with a population in 2005 census of about 567,996 people.

[edit] Government and politics

The Constitution of the State of Colima provides that the government of Colima consists of three powers: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary.

Executive power rests in the Governor of Colima, 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 which is a unicameral legislature composed of 25 deputies. Judicial power is invested in the Superior Court of Justice of Colima.

[edit] Municipalities

The State of Colima is divided into 10 municipalities, each headed by a municipal president (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. The municipalities (Municipios) are: Colima, Villa de Álvarez, Comala, Cuauhtémoc, Colima, Minatitlán, Ixtlahuacán, Tecomán, Manzanillo, Armería and Coquimatlán. 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.

[edit] Elections

[edit] Trivia

The telenovela Contra viento y marea, starring Pavel Barreto, Marlene Favela and Acela Garibay, takes places in the towns of Colima, Manzanillo and Cuyutlán, which is a gray sand beach town located in the municipality of Armería.^{[citation needed]}

A famous volcano in the area is called the Volcán de Colima (the Volcán de Fuego, the Nevado de Colima), 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.