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Michoacan

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Michoacán 

a state in Mexico, in the southern part of the Meseta Central, in the Lerma and Balsas basins. Area, 59,900 sq km. Population, 2,324,000 (1970). The administrative center is Morelia.

The principal branch of the economy is agriculture. Cotton, sugarcane, peanuts, and vegetables are grown on irrigated land, and tropical fruits are cultivated along the lower reaches of the Balsas. Around Uruapan there are coffee plantations, and maize and beans are raised in the hills. There is fishing in lakes Chapala, Pátzcuaro, and Cuitzeo. Michoacán has food-processing, wood-products, and textile industries.
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We are working to determine how many trees have been affected," said Homero Gomez, president of El Rosario Sanctuary, a premier migrating spot for the Monarch in the western Mexican state of Michoacan.
Tree-eating bugs threaten Monarch butterfly in Mexico by AFP / AFP Global Edition
In the name of God, 'Enough death already,'" seven Michoacan bishops said in a July 16 statement.
Drug war prescription by Clarke, Kevin / U.S. Catholic
The state legislature in the central state of Michoacan has designated substitutes for eight mayors arrested in May for providing protection to the drug cartels.
MICHOACAN BECOMES FOCUS OF PRESIDENT FELIPE CALDERON'S ANTI-DRUG ... by SourceMex Economic News & Analysis on Mexico
 
 
 
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