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Manzanillo is the busiest port in Mexico, as measured by total tonnage and volume of containerized cargo. In 2007, the port moved 1.4 million TEUs and 18.0 million tons of total cargo. [ 12 ] Port business experienced a significant surge during the USA's West Coast Lockout in Long Beach , California , in 2002.
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 .
Map of Mexico with Colima highlighted Municipalities of Colima. Colima is a state in West Mexico that is divided into ten municipalities. [1] According to the 2020 Mexican census, it has the smallest population of all Mexico's states with 731,391 inhabitants, and is the fifth smallest by land area spanning 5,801.75 square kilometres (2,240.07 sq mi).
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.
Colima, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Colima, [b] is among the 31 states that make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It shares its name with its capital and main city, Colima. Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the central Pacific coast, and includes the four oceanic Revillagigedo Islands.
On 24 November 2017, President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto created North America's largest marine protected area around the Revillagigedo Islands. This protected area covers 150,000 square kilometres (57,000 sq mi) around the islands, and bans fishing, mining, and tourism development in the protected area and on the islands. [5]
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.
Barra de Navidad ("Christmas Sandbar") is a small farming and fishing community located on the east end of the Bahía de Navidad, 60 km north of Manzanillo, Colima. In recent years, the Jalisco state government has promoted Barra as a tourist attraction of the Costalegre .