See also:

• MICHOACAN, or MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO

MICHOACAN, or MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO  , a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico touching on the Pacific, bounded N. by See also:

• JALISCO, XALISCO

Jalisco and See also:

• GUANAJUATO, or GUANAXUATO
• GUANAJUATO, or SANTA FE DE GUANAJUATO

Guanajuato, E. by Mexico and See also:

• GUERRERO

Guerrero, S. by Guerrero and the Pacific, and W. by the Pacific, See also:

• COLIMA

Colima, and Jalisco . Pop . (1900), 935,808, chiefly See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians and mestizos . See also:

• AREA

Area, 22,874 sq. m . Its territory is divided into two nearly equal parts by the eastern See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Sierra Madre Occidental, the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PART

part belonging to the See also:

• GREAT

great central See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau region, and the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern to an extremely broken region formed by the diverging branches of the" Sierra Madre, with their wooded terraces and slopes and highly fertile valleys . The See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general slope of the southern part is southward to the See also:

• RIVER

river Balsas, or Mescala, which forms its boundary-See also:

• LINE

line with Guerrero . The narrow coastal See also:

• ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone on the Pacific is only for m. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long and has no ports or towns of importance, the slopes of the Sierra Madre del Pacifico being precipitous and heavily wooded and the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt sandy, hot and malarial . The See also:

• LERMA, FRANCISCO DE SANDOVAL Y ROJAS, DUKE OF (1552–1625)

Lerma, on the northern frontier, and the Balsas on the southern, are the only See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers of importance of the state, their tributaries within its boundaries being small and See also:

• SWIFT
• SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667—1745)

swift-flowing . There are several large and beautiful lakes in the state, the best known of which are Patzcuaro and Cuitzeo . See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Chapala lies on the northern boundary . See also:

• MICHOACAN, or MICHOACAN DE OCAMPO

Michoacan lies within the most active volcanic region of Mexico: Jorullo (4262 ft.) is near its southern line, and Colima (12,750 ft.) is northwest of it in the state of Jalisco . See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

Earthquake shocks are numerous, and Colima was in violent eruption in 1908-1909 .

The highest See also:

• SUMMIT

summit in the state is Tancitaro (12,66o ft.) . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is for the most part temperate and healthy, but it is hot and unhealthy on the coast . Michoacan is essentially a See also:

• MINING

mining region, producing See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, See also:

• SILVER

silver, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead and See also:

• CINNABAR (Ger. Zinnober)

cinnabar, and having See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich deposits of See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, See also:

• COAL

coal, See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum and See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur . The natural products include See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• CABINET

cabinet and construction See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods, See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm oil and See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres . The See also:

• SOIL

soil of the valleys is highly fertile, and produces cereals in the higher So Isa. x . 28 -describes the invader as leaving his heavy baggage at See also:

• MICHMASH

Michmash before pushing on through the pass.379 regions, and See also:

• SUGAR

sugar-See also:

• CANE

cane, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, See also:

• COFFEE (Fr: cafe, Ger. Kaffee)

coffee and tropical fruits in the See also:

• LOWER

lower . Though the plateau region was settled soon after the arrival of the Spaniards in Mexico, there are large districts on the southern and Pacific slopes that still belong almost exclusively to the Indians . Besides See also:

• MORELIA (formerly Valladolid)

Morelia, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital and largest See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns of the state are: La Piedad (pop . 15,123), an important commercial See also:

• TOWN

town on the Lerma river and on the Mexican Central railway, 112 M . N.N.W. of Morelia; See also:

• ZAMORA

Zamora (10,373), 75 M . W.N.W. of Morelia; Uruapan (g8c8), on the Mexican See also:

• NATIONAL

National, 55 m . S.W. of Morelia in a mountainous See also:

• DISTRICT

district celebrated for the fine quality of its coffee; Puruandiro (7782), a commercial and manufacturing town 40 M .

N.W. of Morelia; Patzcuaro (7621), on Patzcuaro lake, with a station on the Mexican National, 7550 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea level; Sahuayo (7408), 103 M . W. by N. of Morelia near Lake Chapala; Zitacuaro (6052), 6o m . S.E. of Morelia on a branch of the Mexican National, which also passes through the mining town of Angangueo (9115) in the same district; and Tacambaro (5070), 46 m . S.S.W. of Morelia in a fertile valley of the Rio de See also:

• LAS

las Balsas See also:

• BASIN, or BASON (the older form bacin is found in many of the Romanic languages, from the Late Lat. baccinus or bacchinus, probably derived from bacca, a bowl)
• BASIN, THOMAS (1412—1491)

basin .