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Manzanillo is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima, being the largest, most populous, and westernmost municipality in Colima. The municipal seat lies at Manzanillo . The municipality covers an area of 1,578.3 km 2 (609.4 sq mi), which also includes the remote Revillagigedo Islands .
In 1825 the Port of Manzanillo opened, in recently independent Mexico, and so named because of the abundant groves of native Manzanilla (Hippomane mancinella) trees that were used extensively in the early days of shipbuilding. [1] Manzanillo was raised to the status of a city on 15 June 1873. The railroad to Colima was completed in 1889. [1 ...
Nowadays, the port is one of the most secure in Mexico. [3] According to the Mexican Secretariat of Economy, the port has attracted the most foreign and domestic private investment in the country. [4] The port of Manzanillo is the principal entrance for the handling of imports destined for of the center of the country.
It manages domestic and international air traffic for the state of Colima and southern Jalisco, serving as an international gateway to the Mexican tourist destination of Manzanillo. Owned by Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico, the airport is named after Playa de Oro, a beach with fine golden sand in the municipality of Manzanillo. In 2022, it ...
Casas Grandes (Spanish for Great Houses; also known as Paquimé) is a prehistoric archaeological site in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua. Construction of the site is attributed to the Mogollon culture. Casas Grandes has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the purview of INAH and a "Pueblo Mágico" since 2015. [1]
Port of Manzanillo was built in the 1950s by the Dominican Fruit Company (La Grenada), a North American company dedicated to export bananas and other minor fruits of the country. This harbor currently is under a leasing-trade for its reconstruction and still been supervised by the Dominican Port Authority.
Manzanillo International Terminal (abbreviation: MIT, UN/LOCODE: PAMIT) is located east of the Atlantic opening of the Panama Canal on Manzanillo Bay, Colón Province, Panama. MIT is a distribution center for cargo destined for cities within Panama and nearby countries in Central America and the Caribbean .
The Gandoca-Manzanillo Ramsar site is located in this refuge. [1] There is a macaw rehabilitation centre and a Jaguar Rescue Center abutting the refuge near Route 256. [6] Further inland to the west from the town of Gandoca lies a Bribri reservation, [4] Kéköldi.