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Colima

Colima is a state on the of . It is less visited than other states on the Pacific coast, but offers beaches, archeological sites, sport fishing, historic towns, and haciendas.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Colima and Manzanillo.

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is the capital of state in . This city is not very touristy. It has a fairly renowned university that conducts a lot of international exchange.

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is in Colima state in . makes a great getaway with world famous beaches, festivals with lots of local flavor and fabulous outdoor activities. Splash it up, catch dinner peek into a volcano or explore the deep blue sea.

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is a town of 10,000 people in the southwestern state of , . It is nicknamed the "White Village of America" as the façades of the buildings in town have all been painted white since the 1960s.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Tecomán and Volcan Nevado de Colima National Park.

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is a city of 116,000 people near the coast in Colima. It is situated a rich agricultural industries region and is known as the "lime capital of the world". Due to its soaring homicide rate, became the deadliest municipality in Mexico in 2016.

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is a large national park that protects a twin stratovolcano complex on the of in the states of and .

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is a Pacific coast beach town in the southern state of Colima. It is most popular among surfers who come for the consistently tasty waves and the town's mellow vibe.

Colima

Latitude of center
19.1667° or 19° 10′ north
Longitude of center
-104° or 104° west
Population
731,000
Elevation
570 metres (1,870 feet)
Abbreviation
“COL”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305626902
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
4013513
Wiki­data ID
Q61309
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Colima” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Colima”
  • Arabic: “ولاية كوليما”
  • Arabic: “ولايه كوليما”
  • Aragonese: “Estato de Colima”
  • Aragonese: “Estau de Colima”
  • Armenian: “Կոլիմա”
  • Aymara: “Colima Istadu”
  • Balinese: “Colima”
  • Basque: “Colima”
  • Belarusian: “Каліма”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Каліма”
  • Bengali: “কোলিমা”
  • Breton: “Colima”
  • Bulgarian: “Колима”
  • Catalan: “Estat de Colima”
  • Cebuano: “Estado de Colima”
  • Chechen: “Колима (штат)”
  • Chechen: “Колима”
  • Cheyenne: “Colima”
  • Chinese: “Colima Chiu”
  • Chinese: “科利馬州”
  • Chinese: “科利马州”
  • Cornish: “Colima”
  • Croatian: “Colima”
  • Czech: “Colima”
  • Danish: “Colima”
  • Dutch: “Colima”
  • Esperanto: “Colima”
  • Estonian: “Colima osariik”
  • Finnish: “Colima”
  • French: “Colima”
  • French: “Etat de Colima”
  • French: “État du Colima”
  • French: “MX-COL”
  • Galician: “Estado de Colima”
  • Georgian: “კოლიმა”
  • Georgian: “კოლიმის შტატი”
  • German: “Colima”
  • German: “MX-COL”
  • Greek: “Κολίμα”
  • Gujarati: “કોલિમા”
  • Hebrew: “קולימה”
  • Hindi: “कोलीमा”
  • Hungarian: “Colima”
  • Icelandic: “Colima (fylki)”
  • Icelandic: “Colima”
  • Ido: “Colima”
  • Iloko: “Colima”
  • Indonesian: “Colima”
  • Interlingua: “Colima”
  • Irish: “Colima”
  • Italian: “Colima”
  • Japanese: “コリマ州”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಲಿಮಾ”
  • Korean: “콜리마주”
  • Ladino: “Colima”
  • Ladino: “Kolima”
  • Latin: “Colima”
  • Latvian: “Kolima”
  • Lithuanian: “Kolima”
  • Lithuanian: “Kolimos valstija”
  • Malagasy: “Colima”
  • Malay: “Colima”
  • Marathi: “कोलिमा”
  • Mazanderani: “کولیما”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Colima Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Colima (Bundesstoot)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Colima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colima”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Delstaten Colima”
  • Norwegian: “Colima”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Colima”
  • Ossetian: “Колимæ (штат)”
  • Ossetian: “Колимæ”
  • Pampanga: “Colima”
  • Persian: “ایالت کولیما”
  • Persian: “کولیما”
  • Piemontese: “Colima”
  • Polish: “Colima”
  • Portuguese: “Colima”
  • Portuguese: “Estado de Colima”
  • Quechua: “Colima suyu”
  • Romanian: “Colima”
  • Romansh: “Colima”
  • Russian: “Колима”
  • Russian: “Свободный и Суверенный штат Колима”
  • Scots: “Colima”
  • Serbian: “Estado de Colima”
  • Serbian: “Држава Колима”
  • Serbian: “Колима”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colima”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Država Colima”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kolima”
  • Sinhala: “කොලිමා ප්‍රාන්තය, මෙක්සිකෝව”
  • Sinhala: “කොලිමා”
  • Slovak: “Colima”
  • Slovenian: “Colima”
  • Spanish: “Colima”
  • Spanish: “Colimense”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Colima”
  • Spanish: “La Poderosa”
  • Spanish: “Rapadura”
  • Swahili: “Colima”
  • Swedish: “Colima”
  • Tagalog: “Colima”
  • Tajik: “Иёлати Колима”
  • Tamil: “கலீமா”
  • Tatar: “Колима (штат)”
  • Tatar: “Колима”
  • Telugu: “కోలిమా”
  • Thai: “รัฐโกลิมา”
  • Thai: “รัฐโกลีมา”
  • Tumbuka: “Colima”
  • Turkish: “Colima”
  • Ukrainian: “Коліма”
  • Urdu: “کولیما”
  • Uzbek: “Kolima”
  • Venetian: “Colima”
  • Vietnamese: “Colima”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Colima”
  • Welsh: “Colima”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوٹیما”
  • Western Panjabi: “کولیما”
  • Wu Chinese: “科利马州”
  • Yue Chinese: “科利馬州”
  • “Colima”
  • “Coliman”
  • “Cōlimān”
  • “Cōlīmān”

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