Minatitlán Municipality, Colima
Minatitlán | |
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| Motto: La entereza del hombre vence | |
Municipality of Minatitlán in the state of Colima | |
| Coordinates: 19°23′N 104°3′W / 19.383°N 104.050°W | |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Colima |
| Municipal seat | Minatitlán |
| Largest city | Minatitlán |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Héctor Bautista Vázquez (PRI) |
| 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 | |
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.
The municipality is Mexico's largest single source of iron ore.