About Michigan:
Quick Facts:
Capital: Lansing.
Area: 96,716 sq mi (250,493 sq km).
Population: ~ 10,100,000.
Largest cities: Detroit, Grand Rapids, Warren, Sterling Heights, Lansing, Ann Arbor, Flint, Dearborn, Livonia, Westland, Troy, Farmington Hills, Kalamazoo, Wyoming, Southfield, Rochester Hills, Taylor, Saint Clair Shores, Pontiac, Dearborn Heights, Royal Oak, Novi, Battle Creek, Saginaw, Kentwood, East Lansing, Roseville, Portage, Midland, Muskegon, Lincoln Park, Bay City, Jackson, Holland, Eastpointe, Port Huron, Southgate, Burton, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Allen Park, Garden City, Marquette.
Abbreviations: MI.
National parks: Isle Royale.
Michigan is a state in the north-northeast region of the United States, bordering Canada. The state is named after Lake Michigan, which is derived from the Ojibwe word mishigami, which means "large lake." Michigan is the 8th most populous of the 50 US states. Its capital is Lansing, and the largest city is Detroit.
Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is one of the nation's largest and most populous urban economies. Michigan has coastlines on 4 of the 5 Great Lakes, including Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, and Lake Erie. Michigan has a continental climate in much of the north, with short, warm summers and icy winters. The southern minority tends to have hotter summers.
Popular tourist attractions: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Mackinac Island, Isle Royale National Park,...
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