Colima

Colima, a Mexican state on the Pacific coast, with an area of 2694 sq. m., and a pop. (1892) of 72,591. The soil is very fertile, the climate warm; large quantities of coffee, sugar, rice, tobacco, maize, and cotton are grown. The capital, Colima, 1450 feet above the sea, about 40 miles ENE. of the port of Manzanillo, is regularly built, with narrow streets crossing at right angles, and has several large cotton-factories. Pop. (1895) 18,977. Beyond the state frontier, about 35 miles NE. of the capital, rises the volcano of Colima (12,750 feet), which burst out in June 1869.