Minatitlán, Colima

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Minatitlán
—  Municipality  —
Motto: La entereza del hombre vence
Minatitlán (Mexico)
Minatitlán
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]

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  1. ^ (Spanish) Cuautitlán y Minatitlán; en conflicto por un puente, Casimiro Castillo, El Sur, June 22, 2007. Accessed on line December 28, 2007.
  2. ^ (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.
  3. ^ (Spanish) Minatitlán, Colima at the Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Accessed on line December 28, 2007.

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