Minatitlán Municipality, Colima
Municipality in Colima, Mexico
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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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Coat of arms | |
| Motto: La entereza del hombre vence | |
 Municipality of Minatitlán in the state of Colima | |
  Minatitlán Location within Mexico | |
| Coordinates: 19°23′N 104°3′W | |
| 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 | 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 |
| Mean daily maximum °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) |
| Mean daily minimum °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] | |||||||||||||