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Michoacán

American  
[mee-chaw-ah-kahn] / ˌmi tʃɔ ɑˈkɑn /

noun

  1. a state in SW Mexico. 23,196 sq. mi. (60,080 sq. km). Morelia.


Michoacán British  
/ mitʃoaˈkan /

noun

  1. a state of SW Mexico, on the Pacific: rich mineral resources. Capital: Morelia. Pop: 3 979 177 (2000). Area: 59 864 sq km (23 114 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A private security force funded by avocado growers patrols groves in Tancitaro, Michoacán, in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

People make pilgrimages here, like a man who had come on a recent afternoon from the Tierra Caliente, a famously dangerous part of Michoacán.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2026

Alejandro was born in the Mexican State of Michoacán and entered the United States without a visa for the first time with his father, when he was just seven years old.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

El Mencho himself comes from Michoacán and grew up in poverty, like so many people do in that area of Mexico and in Mexico in general.

From Slate Feb. 25, 2026

Ingeniero Anastacio Peréz Alfaro of the Comisión Tepalcatepec in Uruapan provided the latest maps of southern Michoacán and much essential information pertaining to travel conditions in the area.

From The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michoacán, México by Duellman, William E.

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