Villa de Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa ðe ˈalβaɾes]) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Colima, being the smallest but most densely populated municipality in Colima.
[1] The municipality of Villa de Álvarez is located in the north-central zone of the state of Colima.
between the geographic coordinates 19°13'-19°26' north latitude and 103°38'-104°02' west longitude and its altitude fluctuates between 400 and 1800 meters above sea level.
Most of the territory has rugged and mountainous geography, in the area west of the Armería River whose main elevations are: Cerro del Rincón de Almoloyan, Cerro de El Chino and part of Cerro El Barrigón (at the top of which there is a crater that fills with water during the rainy season, forming a beautiful lagoon) located on the north side, Cerro de Culuapan, where there is an enormous rock that seems to threaten the nearby population of the same name.
In the municipal territory there are the following plant varieties, predominating in the areas of the communities of Agua Dulce and Pueblo Nuevo: mojo, parota, higuera, cóbano, hebillo, rosamorada, chicozapote, cuahuayote (bonnet), cabeza de negro, anona, tescalama, colorín, guásima, huizcolote, cuastecomate, chamizo, mesquite, huizache, palma real, cactus; as well as others