Municipalities of Colima

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Municipalities of Colima

Colima is a state in western Mexico that is divided into ten municipalities.<ref name="census2020">Template:Cite web</ref> According to the 2020 INEGI census, it has the smallest population of all Mexico's states with Template:Nts inhabitants, and is the fifth smallest by land area spanning Template:Convert.<ref name="census2020" /><ref name="Landarea" />

Municipalities in Colima are administratively autonomous of the state according to the 115th article of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico.<ref name="constitution">Template:Cite act</ref> The legal framework for Colima's municipalities is provided by Title VII of the state Constitution<ref name=ColimaConstitution>Template:Cite act</ref> and the 2001 Law of Free Municipalities in the State of Colima.<ref name=freemuni>Template:Cite web</ref> Every three years, citizens elect a municipal president (Spanish: presidente municipal) by a plurality voting system who heads a concurrently elected municipal council (ayuntamiento) responsible for providing all the public services for their constituents. The municipal council consists of a variable number of trustees and councillors (regidores y síndicos).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Municipalities are responsible for public services (such as water and sewerage), street lighting, public safety, traffic, and the maintenance of public parks, gardens and cemeteries.<ref name="Mexicolaws">Template:Cite book</ref> They may also assist the state and federal governments in education, emergency fire and medical services, environmental protection and maintenance of monuments and historical landmarks. Since 1984, they have had the power to collect property taxes and user fees, although more funds are obtained from the state and federal governments than from their own income.<ref name="Mexicolaws" />

Article 88 of the state Constitution and Articles 11, 60 and 61 of the state's Law of Free Municipalities provide for the establishment of auxiliary authorities (autoridades auxiliares) to represent communities in the municipalities other than the municipal seat (cabecera).<ref name=ColimaConstitution/><ref name=freemuni/> These are elected by residents of the communities every three years, and are unipersonal except in rural communities with a population over 2,000 inhabitants, which elect boards (juntas) comprising a president, secretary and treasurer.<ref name=freemuni/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Auxiliary authorities serve as liaisons between local communities and the municipal government. They do not have executive powers<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and do not constitute an independent level of local government.<ref name=ColimaConstitution/>

The largest municipality by population in Colima is Manzanillo, with 191,031 residents, and the smallest municipality is Ixtlahuacán with 5,623 residents.<ref name="census2020" /> The largest municipality by area is also Manzanillo which spans Template:Convert, while Villa de Álvarez is the smallest at Template:Convert.<ref name=Landarea /> The first municipality to incorporate was Colima on Template:Dts, and the newest municipality is Armería which incorporated Template:Dts.<ref name="Incorporationdate" />

Municipalities

• Largest municipalities in Colima by population
• Manzanillo Bay
  Manzanillo, Colima's largest municipality by population
• Basílica Menor de Colima
  Colima, capital and second largest municipality by population
• Downtown Villa de Álvarez
  Villa de Álvarez, third largest municipality by population.

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Name	Municipal seat	Population (2020)<ref name="census2020" />	Population (2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Change	Land area <ref name="Landarea">Template:Cite web</ref>		Population density (2020)	Incorporation date<ref name="Incorporationdate">Template:Cite book</ref>
					km2	sq mi
Armería	Ciudad de Armería	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
ColimaTemplate:Dagger	Colima	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Comala	Comala	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Coquimatlán	Coquimatlán	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Cuauhtémoc	Cuauhtémoc	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Ixtlahuacán	Ixtlahuacán	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Manzanillo	Manzanillo	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Minatitlán	Minatitlán	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Tecomán	Tecomán	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Villa de Álvarez	Villa de Álvarez	Template:Change	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	Template:Dts
Colima	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—
Mexico<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	—	Template:Change	Template:Nts	Template:Convert	Template:Pop density	—