COLIMA  , a

city of Mexico and capital of a state of the same name, 570 M . (direct) W. by S. of Mexico City and about 36 m. inland from the Pacific coast . Pop . (1895) 18,977; (1900) 20,698 . Colima is picturesquely situated on the Colima river, in a large fertile valley about 165o ft. above the sea, and lies in the midst of fine mountain-scenery . About 3o m. to the north-east the volcano of Colima, in the state of Jalisco, rises to an elevation of 12,685 ft.; it is the most westerly of the active volcanoes of Mexico . Colima enjoys a moderately cool and healthy climate, especially in the dry season (November to June) . The city is regularly laid out and is in great part well built, with good public buildings, several churches, a theatre, two hospitals, and a handsome market completed in 1905 . Tramways connect the central plaza with the railway station, cemetery, and the suburb of Villa de Alvarez, 22 M. distant, and an extension of 5 m. was projected in 1906 to Comala . The local industries include two old-fashioned cotton mills, an ice plant, corn-grinding mill, and five cigarette factories . Colima is the commercial centre for a large district, but trade has been greatly restricted by lack of transportation facilities . A railway connects with the port of 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

history because of its inaccessibility, and for the same reason has suffered less from revolutionary violence .