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Mexican Facts and Figures

Tourists may not be attracted to the poverty and industrial parks of Tepic, but visitors do love Nayarit’s beach towns. Nayarit’s beaches lack the luxurious resorts found along other areas of Mexico’s coast, but surfers, birdwatchers, and other adventuresome tourists enjoy the quieter atmosphere to be found in communities like San Blas. Colima If you leave Nayarit and once more cross Jalisco to the south, you will find yourself entering Colima. This is one of the smallest of Mexico’s states, but this little area has a variety of geographical features. The beaches along the Pacific coast give way to farmland, while at the northeastern tip of the state, two volcanoes tower over the neighboring villages—and one of them is still active! The capital city of Colima was founded in 1523 by the Spanish, and in the 1800s the city became an important stop when President Porfirio Díaz

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A bird’s-eye view of Manzanillo, the main port of Colima and one of the state’s most important cities.

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