Michigan

Michigan
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other Federal States
base data
pointed name:	Wolverine state (Wolverine State); Great Lake State
capital:	Lansing
largest city:	Detroit
surface
rank (within the USA):	11
altogether:	250,941 km ²
country:	147,255 km ²
water (%):	103.687 km ² (41.3%)
inhabitant
rank (within the USA):	8
altogether (2000):	9.938.444
density:	40/km ²
member state
place:	26
since:	26. January 1837
geography
time belt:	Eastern: UTC-5/-4
degree of latitude:	41°41'N to 47°30'N
degree of longitude:	82°26'W to 90°31'W
broad:	385 km
length:	790 km
highest situation:	603 m
average situation:	275 m
deepest situation:	174 m
politics
governor:	Jennifer Granholm
abbreviations
postal:	MI
officially:
ISO 3166-2:	US-MI

Michigan [ˈmɪʃɪgən] is in State of the United States of America.

Michigan (indian. in addition, large lake) is well-known as place of birth of the automobile industry, possesses large tourism - an industry. Destinations such as cross beam town center, Mackinac Iceland and the entire upper peninsula pullSportsman and nature lover from the whole USA and Canada on. Michigan has the longest coast of a US Federal State with exception of Alaska and is the Federal State with most sport boats.

1 history
2 politics
3 geography
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history

once an important supplier of wood, iron and copper, Michigan became after acceptance of natural resources at the beginning of the 20. Century for the place of birth of the automobile industry. Henry Ford first address in Highland park, a suburb of Detroit, marked the beginning of a new era in the transportation of passengers and changed the social climate of the USA durably. Although still many automakerstheir addresses in Detroit have, the city after the Second World War its supremacy in this area lost, since many automakers left the large trade areas and because of the lower wages new addresses in the Southern States and abroad based.

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early ones European history

1622 reached Etienne Brule and its companion Grenoble, French discoverers, as probably first white ones the upper lake.
1701 created Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac and its second lieutenant Alphonse de Tonty in the place of the today's Detroit an outguard, whom they called away Pontchartrain.

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US-American history

1805 from the Indianaterritorium was created the Michigan territory, with Detroit as seat of the government and William cladding as a governor. Detroit was destroyed by a fire.
1812 after outbreak of the War of 1812 British troops under Sir Isaac forced break Brigadier General into Hulls army in Detroit to the surrender and kept parts of Michigan occupied, to them by the American victory in the battle on the Eriesee in the autumn 1813 forced to the retreatbecame. By the battle at the Thames River also the strength of the Indians one broke.
1835 first condition-giving meeting. The governor, Steven T. Mason, promoted a controversy with Ohio over the affiliation of the city Toledo, later than Toledo warone designated. Ohio, which was represented already as Federal State in the congress, reached the joggle Masons and the acknowledgment of the requirement on Toledo, but Michigan received the western part of the upper Halbinsels, which belonged so far to the Wisconsin territory as remuneration. Under thatnew condition, which was approved of by congress of US, Mason became again governor, after he won the choice. (The governors were appointed so far by the Federal Government.)

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further one important historical events

26. January 1837 became Michigan 26. State of the USA
1847 were determined Lansing by law as new capital.
1957 the eight kilometers long Mackinac bridge became at the 1. November opens.
1974 Gerald R. Ford from Grand Rapids became 38. President of the United States of America
1987 Michigan celebrated that150. Anniversary of its admission as state of the USA.

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politics

Gouverneurin: Jennifer Granholm
list of the governors von Michigan

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geography

map of Michigan

Michigan borders in the south on Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, in the southwestthe upper peninsula at Minnesota and Wisconsin. Besides it borders on the upper lake, Michigan lake, Huronsee and Eriesee.

Michigan consists only by the Mackinac the bridge of two peninsulas, the upper ones and the lower peninsula, connectedare. Over 80% of the population of Michigan live in the southernmost third of the lower peninsula. The remaining areas are thinly populated and partly swampy.

The climate of Michigan takes world-wide a privileged position, since it is maritime damp (by the large seas), butcontinental variations in temperature with very hot summers and very cold winters exhibits.

The upper peninsula is rich at Bodenschätzen such as iron, silver and copper. Also smaller Goldvorkommen were discovered. In 19. Century dominated mining industry the economy of the upperPeninsulas. Because of the climate one finds little agriculture on the upper peninsula. The tourism is in the meantime the largest industry.

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largest cities

city	County	inhabitant
city	County	1. April 2000	1. July 2004
Detroit	Wayne	951,270	900,198
Grand Rapids	Kent	197.800	195,115
Warren	Macomb	138,247	136,118
Flint	gene lake	124,943	119,716
Sterling Heights	Macomb	124,471	127,476
Lansing	Ingham	119,128	116,941
Ann Arbor	Washtenaw	114,024	113,567
Livonia	Wayne	100,545	98,936
Dearborn	Wayne	97,775	95,470
Westland	Wayne	86,602	86,316
Farmington Hills	Oakland	82.111	80,787
Troy	Oakland	80,959	81,432
Southfield	Oakland	78,296	77,491
Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo	77,145	73,960
Wyoming	Kent	of 69,368	70,300
smelling esters Hills	Oakland	68,825	69,480
Pontiac	Oakland	66,337	67,582
Taylor	Wayne	65,868	65,383
Saint Clair Shores	Macomb	63,096	61,864
Saginaw	Saginaw	61,799	59.045
Royal Oak	Oakland	60,062	58,573
Dearborn Heights	Wayne	58,264	56,828
Battle Creek	Calhoun	53,364	53,399
Roseville	Macomb	48,129	47,960
Novi	Oakland	47,386	51,934