Michoacan
Michoacan is a state in western Mexico known for its lush coastline, rugged mountains, and vibrant culture. It is home to the Purépecha people, one of Mexico's oldest and most influential indigenous cultures.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Morelia
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With a consistent colonial style throughout, Morelia is one of the most beautiful cities in Mexico.
Uruapan
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Uruapan is a city of 357,000 people in Michoacan. It is the center of Mexico's avocado growing region, with most of the crop distributed from here nationally and internationally.
Destinations
Lake Patzcuaro
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Lake Pátzcuaro is a popular vacation region in the municipality of Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, Mexico.
Zamora de Hidalgo
Zamora is a small city of 155,000 people in Michoacan.Tlalpujahua
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Tlalpujahua is a small town of about 3,600 residents in Michoacan.
Jiquilpan
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Jiquilpan is a small town in Michoacan, Mexico. It is best known as being the birthplace of two presidents.
Angangueo
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Angangueo is a small village in Michoacan, Mexico, best known for being the closest town to El Rosario, the most popular entrance to Reserva de la Biosfera de la Mariposa Monarca.
Paracho de Verduzco
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Paracho de Verduzco is a small city located in Michoacán, Mexico.
Bosencheve National Park
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Bosencheve National Park is a national park straddling the border between Michoacan and Mexico.
Michoacan
- Type: State with 4,350,000 residents
- Description: state of Mexico
- Neighbors: Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State and Querétaro
- Categories: state of Mexico and locality
- Location: Pacific Coast, Mexico, North America
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Latitude of centre
19.2071° or 19° 12' 26" northLongitude of centre
-101.8781° or 101° 52' 41" westPopulation
4,350,000Elevation
926 metres (3,038 feet)Abbreviation
MICAbbreviation
MichOpenStreetMap ID
node 305626639OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
3995955Wikidata ID
Q79861Michoacan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Michoacán
- Arabic: ميتشواكان
- Arabic: ولايه ميتشواكان
- Aragonese: Michoacán
- Aragonese: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Armenian: Միչոական
- Asturian: Michoacán
- Aymara: Michoacán Istadu
- Azerbaijani: Miçoakan
- Basque: Michoacan
- Basque: Michoacan de Ocampo
- Basque: Michoacán
- Belarusian: Мічаакан
- Belarusian: штат Мічаакан
- Bengali: মিচোয়াকান
- Breton: Michoacán
- Breton: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Bulgarian: Мичоакан
- Catalan: Estat de Michoacán
- Catalan: Michoacán
- Catalan: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Cebuano: Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo
- Chechen: Мичоакан
- Cheyenne: Michoacán
- Chinese: Michoacán Chiu
- Chinese: 米却肯州
- Chinese: 米卻肯州
- Cornish: Michoacán
- Croatian: Michoacán
- Czech: Michoacán
- Czech: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Danish: Michoacan
- Danish: Michoacán
- Dutch: Michoacan
- Dutch: Michoacan de Ocampo
- Dutch: Michoacán
- Dutch: Michoacán de Ocampo
- English: Michoacan, Mexico
- English: Michoacan State
- English: Michoacán
- English: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Esperanto: Michoacan
- Esperanto: Michoacán
- Esperanto: Miĉoakano
- Estonian: Michoacan
- Estonian: Michoacani osariik
- Estonian: Michoacán
- Estonian: Michoacáni osariik
- Finnish: Michoacan
- Finnish: Michoacán
- Finnish: Michoacán de Ocampo
- French: Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo
- French: MX-MIC
- French: Michoacan
- French: Michoacán
- French: Michoacán de Ocampo
- French: État de Michoacán
- French: État de Michoacán de Ocampo
- Galician: Michoacán
- Galician: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Georgian: მიჩოაკანი
- Georgian: მიჩოაკანის შტატი
- German: MX-MIC
- German: Michoacan
- German: Michoacán
- German: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Greek: Μιτσοακάν
- Guarani: Michoacán
- Gujarati: મિચોકાન
- Hebrew: המדינה החופשית והריבונית של מיצ'ואקאן דה אוקמפו
- Hebrew: מיצ'ואקאן
- Hebrew: מיצ'ואקאן דה אוקמפו
- Hindi: मिचौआकैन
- Hungarian: Michoacán
- Icelandic: Michoacán
- Ido: Michoacán
- Iloko: Michoacán
- Indonesian: Michoacan
- Indonesian: Michoacán
- Interlingua: Michoacan
- Irish: Michoacán
- Italian: Michoacan
- Italian: Michoacàn
- Italian: Michoacán
- Italian: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Japanese: ミチョアカン
- Japanese: ミチョアカン州
- Kannada: ಮೈಕೋವಕಾನ್
- Korean: 미초아칸
- Korean: 미초아칸주
- Ladino: Michoacán
- Ladino: Michoakan
- Lao: Michoacán
- Latin: Mechoacana
- Latin: Mechoacanum
- Latin: Misoacanis
- Latvian: Mičoakana
- Latvian: Mičoakana de Okampo
- Lithuanian: Mičoakanas
- Lithuanian: Mičoakano valstija
- Lombard: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Malagasy: Michoacán
- Malay: Michoacán
- Maltese: Michoacán
- Marathi: मिचोआकान
- Marathi: मिचोआकान दि ओकॅम्पो
- Mazanderani: میچوآکان
- Min Nan Chinese: Michoacán Chiu
- Northern Frisian: Michoacán (Bundesstoot)
- Northern Frisian: Michoacán
- Northern Luri: میچوآکان
- Norwegian: Michoacán
- Norwegian Bokmål: Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo
- Norwegian Bokmål: Michoacan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Michoacán
- Norwegian Bokmål: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Michoacán
- Occitan (post 1500): Michoacán
- Ossetian: Мичоакан
- Pampanga: Michoacán
- Persian: میچوآکان
- Persian: میچواکان
- Piemontese: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Polish: Michoacan
- Polish: Michoacán
- Portuguese: Estado de Michoacán
- Portuguese: Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo
- Portuguese: Michoacán
- Portuguese: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Quechua: Michoacán suyu
- Romanian: Michoacan
- Romanian: Michoacán
- Romansh: Michoacán
- Russian: Мичоакан
- Sardinian: Michoacán
- Sardinian: Mitzacánu
- Scots: Michoacan
- Scots: Michoacán
- Serbian: Michoacán
- Serbian: Држава Микоакан
- Serbian: Држава Мичоакан
- Serbian: Мичоакан
- Serbo-Croatian: Michoacan
- Serbo-Croatian: Michoacán
- Serbo-Croatian: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Serbo-Croatian: Mičoakan
- Sinhala: මිචොආකෑන්
- Slovak: Michoacán
- Spanish: Estado de Michoacan
- Spanish: Estado de Michoacan de Ocampo
- Spanish: Estado de Michoacán
- Spanish: Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo
- Spanish: Michoacan
- Spanish: Michoacan de Ocampo
- Spanish: Michoacán
- Spanish: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Swahili: Michoacán
- Swedish: Michoacan
- Swedish: Michoacan de Ocampo
- Swedish: Michoacán
- Swedish: Michoacán de Ocampo
- Tagalog: Michoacan
- Tagalog: Michoacán
- Tagalog: Mitsoakan
- Tagalog: Mitsouakan
- Tagalog: Mitsowakan
- Tajik: Иёлати Мичоакан де Окампо
- Tajik: Мичоакан
- Tamil: மிசோ கண்
- Tatar: Мичоакан
- Telugu: మిచోకాన్
- Thai: รัฐมิโชอากัง
- Thai: รัฐมิโชอากัน
- Turkish: Michoacán
- Ukrainian: Мічоакан-де-Окампо
- Ukrainian: Мічоакан
- Urdu: میشواکان
- Uzbek: Michoakan
- Uzbek: Michoakande-Okampo
- Venetian: Michoacán
- Vietnamese: Michoacán
- Waray (Philippines): Michoacan
- Waray (Philippines): Michoacán
- Welsh: Michoacan
- Welsh: Michoacán
- Western Panjabi: میچواکان
- Wu Chinese: 米却肯州
- Yue Chinese: 米卻肯州
- Mich.
- Michhuacan Ocampo
- Michhuacān
- Michhuacān Ocampo
- Michhuahcan
- Michhuahcān Ocampo
- Michhuahcān ihuic Ocampo
- Michuacan
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