Michoacán

ESTADO DE MICHOACÁN DE OPCAMPO

Other Mexican States

Capital Morelia

Other major cities Lázaro Cárdenas
list of municipalities

Area 59,928 km²
Ranked 16th

Population
(2000 census) 3,979,180
Ranked 7th

Governor
(2002-08) Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (PRD)

Federal Deputies (13) PRD = 9
PRI = 2
PAN = 1
disputed = 1

Federal Senators PRD = 2
PRI = 1

ISO 3166-2
Postal abbr. MX-MIC
Mich.

Michoacán (formally: Michoacán de Ocampo) is a one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. It borders the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west, Guanajuato and Querétaro to the north, México to the east, Guerrero to the south east, and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

It has an area of 59,864 km². In 2003 the population was estimated at 4,047,500 people. The state capital is the city of Morelia (previously known as Valladolid).

Michoacán also contains the cities of Apatzingán, Hidalgo, Jacona, Jiquilpan, La Piedad, Lázaro Cárdenas, Los Reyes, Paracho, Pátzcuaro, Puruándiro, Sahuayo, Uruapan, Zacapú, Zamora, and Zitácuaro, as well as the Pre-Columbian ruins of Tzintzuntzán.

Aguililla is a town in Michoacan that is famous for its beautiful butterflies.

Municipalities

Michoacán contains 113 municipalities. See Municipalities of Michoacán.

External links

Michoacán state government (requires flash)

States of Mexico
Aguascalientes \| Baja California \| Baja California Sur \| Campeche \| Chiapas \| Chihuahua \| Coahuila \| Colima \| Durango \| Guanajuato \| Guerrero \| Hidalgo \| Jalisco \| México \| Michoacán \| Morelos \| Nayarit \| Nuevo León \| Oaxaca \| Puebla \| Querétaro \| Quintana Roo \| San Luis Potosí \| Sinaloa \| Sonora \| Tabasco \| Tamaulipas \| Tlaxcala \| Veracruz \| Yucatán \| Zacatecas
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