Minatitlán is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of the Mexican state of

Colima Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima), is one of the 31 states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and ...

. Its municipal seat is the city of

Minatitlán, Colima Minatitlán is a town in the Mexican state of Colima. It serves as the municipal seat of the surrounding Minatitlán Municipality.

. Its principal economic activities are farming, ranching and

mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic via ...

. Minatitlán borders the state of

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

to the northwest, the municipality of Manzanillo to the southwest, and the municipalities of

Coquimatlán Coquimatlán is a city and seat of the municipality of Coquimatlán, in the Mexican state of Colima Colima (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Colima), is one of the 31 states that make up th ...

Villa de Álvarez Ciudad de Villa de Álvarez is a city in the Mexican state of Colima. It is the municipal seat of Villa de Álvarez municipality. The city is adjacent to the northwest side of the state capital city of Colima and the two can be considered as "t ...

, and

Comala Comala () is a town and municipality located in the Mexican state of Colima, near the state capital of Colima. It has been nicknamed the “White Village of America” as the facades of the buildings in town have all been painted white since the 1 ...

to the southeast. The municipality is Mexico's largest single source of iron ore.

Climate

References

External links

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Minatitlán, Colima
''Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México'',

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Ayuntamiento de Minatitlán, Colima
municipal government website. {{DEFAULTSORT:Minatitlan Municipality, Colima Municipalities of Colima es:Minatitlán (Colima)