"Michoacán (oficialmente llamado Michoacán de Ocampo) es uno de los treinta y un estados que junto con la Ciudad de México, conforman las treinta y dos entidades federativas de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Colinda con los estados de Colima y Jalisco al noroeste, al norte con los estados de Guanajuato y Querétaro, al este con el Estado de México, al sureste con el estado de Guerrero y al suroeste con el océano Pacífico. Tiene una superficie de 59.928 kilómetros cuadrados aproximadamente. Se divide en 113 municipios. Su capital es la ciudad de Morelia, antiguamente llamada Valladolid, que lleva su nombre actual en honor a José María Morelos y Pavón, héroe de la independencia de México. Otras localidades importantes son Zamora de Hidalgo, Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Uruapan del Progreso, La Piedad de Cabadas, Apatzingán de la Constitución, Pátzcuaro, Sahuayo de Morelos, Heroica Zitácuaro, Ario de Rosales, Zacapu, Cotija de la Paz, entre otras."
"Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (Spanish pronunciation: [mitoakan de okampo]), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. The State is divided into 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia (formerly called Valladolid). The city was named after José María Morelos, one of the main heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. Michoacán is located in Western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. It is bordered by the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west and northwest, Guanajuato to the north, Querétaro to the northeast, the State of México to the east, and Guerrero to the southeast. The name Michoacán is from Nahuatl: Michhuahcn [mitwakan] from michhuah [mitwa] ("possessor of fish") and -cn [kan] (place of) and means "place of the fishermen" referring to those who fish on Lake Pátzcuaro. In pre-Hispanic times, the area was the home of the Purépecha Empire, which rivaled the Aztec Empire at the time of Spanish encounter. After the Spanish conquest, the empire became a separate province which became smaller over the colonial period. The state and several of its residents played a major role in the Mexican War of Independence. Today, the state is still home to a sizable population of Purépecha people as well as minor ones of Otomi and Nahua. The economy is based on agriculture, fishing, mining and some industry. The major tourism draw for the state is the Lake PátzcuaroTzintzuntzanQuiroga area, which was the center of the Purépecha Empire, also the National or State Parks which include the winter grounds of the Monarch Butterflies ("Mariposas Monarca") and the Park where the Cupatitzio River has its main source."