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Manzanillo
Manzanillo

There are ten municipalities in Colima, a state in West Mexico. According to the 2015 Mexican Intercensal Survey, it is the state that has the smallest population with 711,235 inhabitants and is the fifth smallest by land area spanning 5,801.75 square kilometres (2,240.07 sq mi). Municipalities in Colima are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico. The legal framework for Colima's municipalities is provided by Title VII of the state Constitution and the 2001 Law of Free Municipalities in the State of Colima. Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The largest municipality by population in Colima is Manzanillo (pictured), with 184,541 residents, and the smallest municipality is Ixtlahuacán with 5,527 residents. (Full list...)

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