23 Facts About Colima

Colima is a small state of Western Mexico on the central Pacific coast, and includes the four oceanic Revillagigedo Islands.

Colima is the fourth smallest state in Mexico and has the second smallest population, but has one of Mexico's highest standards of living and the lowest unemployment.

However, Colima is the state with the highest murder rate per capita and one of the highest crime rates, due to its ports being a contested area for cartels.

Colima's territory includes the Revillagigedo Islands—Socorro, San Benedicto, Clarion, and Roca Partida.

The Colima Volcano, called the Volcan de Fuego, is active and the Nevado de Colima is not.

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Colima produces about half of Mexico's lime crop, and is second in the production of coconut meat and tuna.

The main craft in the city of Colima is the reproduction of archeological pieces, especially ceramics of the old red-burnished style.

The main distribution center is the city of Colima handing both basic commodities and industrial and other commercial merchandise for the rest of the state.

San Francisco de Almoloyan in the city of Colima is the ruins of an old Franciscan monastery from the 16th century.

Colima has a number of important local festivals and other annual events.

Colima is best known for illustrating Christmas cards for UNICEF in the 1960s, but he did much other work and designed furniture in a style now called Rangeliano.

The first incursion into the Colima area occurred under Juan Rodriguez de Villafuerte in 1522 but was defeated by the natives of the Tecoman Valley.

Sandoval then established the first Spanish settlement in the Colima Valley called Caxitlan in 1523, making it the third oldest functioning city government in Mexico and the second municipality of western New Spain.

In 1796, Colima was converted into a sub delegation of the province of Guadalajara.

One colonial area industry in Colima was the production of "coconut wine" — an alcoholic beverage distilled from date palm fruit and coconut.

The first Colima newspaper called "El Observador de las Leyes" was published at this time as well.

In 1821, Colima lost the Zapotlan areas along with the towns of Tecalitlan and Xilotlan, but gained the town of Tonila.

In 1824, with Mexico's first constitution, Colima was an independent territory of Mexico, However, it was integrated with Michoacan later in 1837.

In 1846, Colima became a separate territory again, and in 1856, was made a state with the triumph of the Liberals.

Colima served as a provisional seat for Benito Juarez's Liberal government in 1858 during the Reform War.

The Plan Colima was conceived and executed to improve the general infrastructure of the state during the 1980s by then Mexican president Miguel de la Madrid.

University of Colima was founded in 1940, following the educational philosophy of President Lazaro Cardenas meant to provide higher education to the poorer classes.

Instituto Tecnologico de Colima was founded in 1976 with three majors in engineering and business with the aim of providing an alternative education focusing on preparing students for industry and service markets.