Ciudad de Villa de ÃÂlvarez is a city in the Mexican state of Colima. It is the municipal seat of Villa de ÃÂlvarez municipality. The city is adjacent to the northwest side of the state capital city of Colima and the two can be considered as "twin cities", with Ciudad de Villa de ÃÂlvarez having a 2005 census population of 97,701 and Colima having a population of 123,597. They are both part of the Colima-Villa de ÃÂlvarez metropolitan area, which includes the population of Colima municipality (132,237) and Villa de ÃÂlvarez municipality (100,121). The city and the municipality of Villa de ÃÂlvarez both rank third in the state in their respective categories in population, behind only Colima itself and Manzanillo. Villa de ÃÂlvarez municipality has an area of 428.4 kmò (165.4 sq mi).