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About Michoacan
Michoacan is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, contain the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The State is partitioned into 113 districts and its capital city is Morelia once in the past called Valladolid. The city was named after Jose Maria Morelos, one of the fundamental legends of the Mexican War of Independence. Michoacan is situated in Western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean toward the southwest. It is flanked by the conditions of Colima and Jalisco toward the west and northwest, Guanajuato toward the north, Queretaro toward the upper east, the State of Mexico toward the east, and Guerrero toward the southeast.
The name Michoacan is from Nahuatl: Michhuahcan from michhuah and can spot of and signifies "spot of the anglers" referring to those who fish on Lake Patzcuaro. In pre-Hispanic occasions, the territory was the home of the Purepecha Empire, which matched the Aztec Empire at the season of Spanish experience. After the Spanish triumph, the domain turned into a different region which decreased over the frontier time frame. The state and a few of its occupants assumed a noteworthy job in the Mexican War of Independence. Today, the state is as yet home to a sizable population of Purepecha individuals just as minor populations of Otomi and Nahua.
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Places to visit in Michoacan
Tangancicuaro
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Morelia
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Cheran
Villa Madero
Lazaro Cardenas
Cuitzeo
Pastor Ortiz
Huandacareo
Huetamo
Indaparapeo
Irimbo
Jacona
Jiquilpan
La Huacana
La Piedad
Las Guacamayas
Lombardia
Nueva Italia de Ruiz
Nuevo San Juan Parangaricutiro
Numaran
Pajacuaran
Paracho
Patzcuaro
Querendaro
Quiroga
Sahuayo
Santa Clara del Cobre
Tacambaro
Tancitaro
Tanhuato
Opopeo
Tinguindin
Tepalcatepec
Tlalpujahua
Tlazazalca
Apatzingan
Tzintzuntzan
Villa Jimenez
Villachuato
Acuitzio
Zinapecuaro
Coeneo
Angangueo
Zitacuaro
Antunez
Capula
Caracuaro
Charapan
Chavinda
Churintzio
Copandaro
Cotija
Ecuandureo
