Minatitlán | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Colima |
Pushpin Map: | Mexico |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Motto: | La entereza del hombre vence |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 7478 |
Population Note: | Data source: INEGI |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Area Total Km2: | 215 |
Leader Title: | Municipal president |
Leader Name: | Héctor Bautista Vázquez[1] |
Leader Party: | PRI[2] |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipal seat |
Subdivision Name2: | Minatitlán |
Subdivision Type3: | Largest city |
Subdivision Name3: | Minatitlán |
Blank Name: | INEGI code |
Blank Info: | 008 |
Timezone: | CST |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 19.3833°N -107°W |
Website: | Ayuntamiento de Minatitlan, Colima, Mexico |
Footnotes: | 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.[3]
The municipality is Mexico's largest single source of iron ore.