Villa de Álvarez, Colima

Villa de Álvarez on the map of Colima

Villa de Álvarez is a city with about 117,000 inhabitants in the Mexican state of Colima. Villa de Álvarez is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality of Villa de Álvarez.

• 3.1 conurbation Colima
• 3.2 traffic 3.2.1 Highway
• 3.2.2 transport

Geography

Location

Villa de Álvarez is located in the state of Colima at the foot of the volcano of the same name.

Climate

The average annual temperature is 25 ° C, and annual precipitation values ​​vary on average from 63.7 to 94.9 millimeters. Especially the period from July to September rainy.

History

The city was named after the first President Colimas Manuel Álvarez and means something like valley of Álvarez.

Economy and infrastructure

Conurbation Colima

Villa de Álvarez is the capital of Colima an economic agglomeration. Here, the two cities have so differentiated that is in the Villa de Álvarez mainly used, while in Colima more companies and businesses are located. Colima and Villa de Alvarez share a common public transport system. Political differences in the past led to a collaboration at the political level to falter.

Traffic

Long-distance traffic

The Colima Airport (international airport code: CLQ ) offers travelers every day to different national connections to Mexico City and Tijuana. Another important link for the movement of goods, the railway line and the highway between Manzanillo and Guadalajara apply. For travelers from the bus station are also daily national connections to destinations throughout Mexico are available.

Transport

Taxis are relatively cheap in Villa de Alvarez and Colima, another very cost effective method of locomotion is the comprehensive bus system in the city. There is no fixed regulated bus timetables or stops ( with the exception of the great avenues and in the center ), you go to the corners or to. All bus lines are all circular, ie there is not the opposite direction the same line.

The small bus station Central de los Rojos is located near the center of Colima and offers trips to the surrounding countryside. He is also served by most urban lines. Rojos is therefore an important hub for the transfer within the city and for excursions into the surrounding area (up to Manzanillo ).