COLIMA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico and See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the same name, 570 M . (See also:

• DIRECT

direct) W. by S. of Mexico City and about 36 m. inland from the Pacific See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast . Pop . (1895) 18,977; (1900) 20,698 . Colima is picturesquely situated on the Colima See also:

• RIVER

river, in a large fertile valley about 165o ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and lies in the midst of See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain-scenery . About 3o m. to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east the See also:

• VOLCANO

volcano of Colima, in the state of See also:

• JALISCO, XALISCO

Jalisco, rises to an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 12,685 ft.; it is the most See also:

• WESTERLY

westerly of the active volcanoes of Mexico . Colima enjoys a moderately cool and healthy See also:

• CLIMATE

climate, especially in the dry See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season (See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November to See also:

• JUNE

June) . The city is regularly laid out and is in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part well built, with See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good public buildings, several churches, a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, two hospitals, and a handsome See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market completed in 1905 . Tramways connect the central plaza with the railway station, See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery, and the suburb of See also:

• VILLA

Villa de See also:

• ALVAREZ, DON JOSE (1768-1827)
• ALVAREZ, DON MANUEL (1727-1797)
• ALVAREZ, FRANCISCO (c. 1465-1541?)

Alvarez, 22 M. distant, and an See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of 5 m. was projected in 1906 to Comala . The See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries include two old-fashioned See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills, an See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice plant, See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn-grinding See also:

• MILL
• MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
• MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
• MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
• MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)

mill, and five cigarette factories . Colima is the commercial centre for a large See also:

• DISTRICT

district, but See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade has been greatly restricted by lack of transportation facilities . A railway connects with the See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• MANZANILLO

Manzanillo, and the Mexican Central railway serves Colima itself .

Colima was founded in 1522 by Gonzalo de Sandoval . It has not played a very prominent part in Mexican See also:

• HISTORY

history because of its inaccessibility, and for the same See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason has suffered less from revolutionary violence .