Minatitlán Municipality, Colima
Minatitlán is a municipality of the Mexican state of Colima. Its municipal seat is the city of Minatitlán, Colima. 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]
Minatitlán | |
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| Motto: La entereza del hombre vence | |
 Municipality of Minatitlán in the state of Colima | |
  Minatitlán | |
| Coordinates: 19°23′N 104°3′W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State | Colima |
| Municipal seat | Minatitlán |
| Largest city | Minatitlán |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Héctor Bautista Vázquez[1] (.svg.png.webp){kind=logo} PRI[2]) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 215 km2 (83 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 7,478 |
| • Density | 35/km2 (90/sq mi) |
| Data source: INEGI | |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| INEGI code | 008 |
| Website | (in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Minatitlan, Colima, Mexico |
| Source: Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México | |
The municipality is Mexico's largest single source of iron ore.
Climate
| Climate data for Minatitlán | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.6 (85.3) |
30.7 (87.3) |
32.3 (90.1) |
33.7 (92.7) |
34.3 (93.7) |
33 (91) |
31.0 (87.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.5 (86.9) |
30.4 (86.7) |
30.1 (86.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
11.3 (52.3) |
12.0 (53.6) |
14.0 (57.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
18 (64) |
17.6 (63.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
18 (64) |
17.0 (62.6) |
14.3 (57.7) |
12.3 (54.1) |
15 (59) |
| Average precipitation cm (inches) | 2.5 (1) |
1.3 (0.5) |
0.51 (0.2) |
0.25 (0.1) |
1.5 (0.6) |
18 (6.9) |
33 (13.1) |
35 (13.9) |
36 (14.2) |
13 (5.2) |
2.0 (0.8) |
1.8 (0.7) |
146 (57.3) |
| Source: Weatherbase [4] | |||||||||||||
References
- (in Spanish) Cuautitlán y Minatitlán; en conflicto por un puente, Casimiro Castillo, El Sur, June 22, 2007. Accessed on line December 28, 2007.
- (in 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.
- "Minatitlán, Colima". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México (in Spanish). INAFED. Archived from the original on 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Minatitlán, Colima". Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on November 24, 2011.
External links
- (in Spanish) Minatitlán, Colima Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México, INAFED
- (in Spanish) Ayuntamiento de Minatitlán, Colima municipal government website.
 State of Colima | ||
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Colima (capital) | ||
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