Villa de Álvarez Municipality explained

Villa de Álvarez
Settlement Type:Municipality
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Pushpin Map:Mexico
Pushpin Label Position:above
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Mexico
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Mexico
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Colima
Subdivision Type2:Municipal seat
Subdivision Name2:Villa de Álvarez
Area Total Km2:428.4
Population As Of:2005
Population Total:100,121
Coordinates:19.35°N -109°W

Villa de Álvarez (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima. The municipal seat lies at Villa de Álvarez.

The municipality covers an area of 428.4 km², and, in 2005, reported a total population of 100,121.[1]

The municipality of Villa de Álvarez is located in the north-central zone of the state of Colima. between the geographic coordinates 19°13'-19°26' north latitude and 103°38'-104°02' west longitude and its altitude fluctuates between 400 and 1800 meters above sea level. It borders the municipality of Minatitlán to the northwest, the municipality of Comala to the north, the municipality of Cuauhtémoc to the northeast, the municipality of Colima to the southeast and the municipality of Coquimatlán to the south.

Orography-Hydrography

On the East side is located the least rugged surface with part of a valley, right where the municipal seat is located. Most of the territory has rugged and mountainous geography, in the area west of the Armería River whose main elevations are: Cerro del Rincón de Almoloyan, Cerro de El Chino and part of Cerro El Barrigón (at the top of which there is a crater that fills with water during the rainy season, forming a beautiful lagoon) located on the north side, Cerro de Culuapan, where there is an enormous rock that seems to threaten the nearby population of the same name.

The climates of the municipality, due to the level of humidity, are sub-humid, and in relation to their temperature, warm; In the center and north of the municipality there is a warm sub-humid climate with rains in summer; and to the northwest it is also warm sub-humid and semi-warm sub-humid, with rains during the summer. The average annual temperature is 23.7 °C, and the average rainfall is 1,193.8 cubic millimeters, with rainfall, which during the months of May, June, July, August and September.

In the municipal territory there are the following plant varieties, predominating in the areas of the communities of Agua Dulce and Pueblo Nuevo: mojo, parota, higuera, cóbano, hebillo, rosamorada, chicozapote, cuahuayote (bonnet), cabeza de negro, anona, tescalama, colorín, guásima, huizcolote, cuastecomate, chamizo, mesquite, huizache, palma real, cactus; as well as others

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Villa de Álvarez. Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. November 9, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20111217134109/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/work/templates/enciclo/Colima/Mpios/06010a.htm. December 17, 2011. dead. mdy-all.