Michoacán

Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (Spaingie pronunciation: [mitʃoaˈkan ðe oˈkampo]), officially Free an Sovereign State o Michoacán de Ocampo (Spaingie: Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is ane o the 31 states which, wi the Federal Destrict, comprise the 32 Federal Entities o Mexico. It is dividit in 113 municipalities an its caipital ceety is Morelia (umwhile cried Valladolid). The ceety wis namit efter José María Morelos, hero o the Mexican War o Unthirldom.

Michoacán
State
Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo
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Motto(s):  Heredamos Libertad, Legaremos Justicia Social (We Inheritit Freedom, We Bequeath Social Juistice)
State o Michoacán athin Mexico
Coordinates: 19°10′07″N 101°53′59″W
Kintra	Mexico
Caipital	Morelia
Lairgest Ceety	Morelia
Municipalities	113
Admission	December 22, 1823[1]
Order	5t
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Fausto Vallejo
• Senators[2]	Jesús Garibay García Silvano Aureoles Marko Antonio Cortés
• Deputies[3]	Federal Deputies • Fernando Espino • Ricardo Sánchez • Julio Castellanos • José Manuel Hinojosa • Alfonso Martínez Alcázar • Benigno Quezada • Margarita Suárez • Agustín Torres Ibarrola • Sergio Arturo Torres • Pavel Díaz Juárez • Martín García Avilés • José Alfredo González • Ma. Dina Herrera • Uriel López Paredes • Israel Madrigal • Dolores Nazares • José M. Torres • José María Valencia • Emiliano Velázquez
Area [4]
• Total	58643 km2 (22,642 sq mi)
	Ranked 16t
Highest elevation [5]	3840 m (12,600 ft)
Population  (2010)[6]
• Total	4,351,037
• Rank	9t
• Density	74/km2 (190/sq mi)
• Density rank	13t
Demonym(s)	Michoacano (a)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Postal code	58-61
Aurie code	Aurie codes • 1 • 2 • 3
ISO 3166 code	MX-MIC
HDI	0.791 Medium Ranked 29th
GDP	US$ 16,409,455.078 mil[a]
Website	Official Web Site
^ a. The state's GDP was 210,041,025 million of pesos in 2008,[7] amount corresponding to 16,409,455.078 millon of dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).[8]

Michoacán is locatit in Wastren Mexico. It is bordered bi the states o Colima an Jalisco tae the northwast, Guanajuato an Querétaro tae the north, México tae the east, Guerrero tae the sootheast. Tae the soothwast, Michoacán haes a stretch o coastline on the Paceefic Ocean.