Michoacan,+Mexico

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Geography:
The state of Michoacan is located on the Pacific coast in the central part of Mexico. It takes up 3% of the Mexico with 23,113 square miles making it the 6th largest state in Mexico. Michoacan shares the border to the north with Jalisco and Guanajuato, Queretaro is to the northeast, Guerrero is to the southeast, and to the west there is Colima.

Population:
In the 2000 census the population was 3,985,667.

=Basic Information= Michoacan is a big agricultural state because of the different variaties of soil and climate, they produce many fruits and vegetables. Although agriculture does play a big role in the state mining is the leading industry, there is a large production of gold, silver, zinc, and also iron. This makes sense because the majority of the state is dominated by the Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain range that goes from the pacific ocean and goes through the state to the northeast.

Michoacan was home to many indigenous groups through the passed 6,000 years most resided in the basin of the Chapala and Cuitceo rivers. The most dominate of the groups in this region were the Purhepcehans (Tarascans) these people were known to be farmers and fishermen. The language that is spoken by this group is closely related to Quechua (a language from South America).

http://www.houstonculture.org/mexico/michoacan.html

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