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americas-florists.com directory
of florists in Michigan, USA
Michigan was the 26th state, admitted into the
Union in 1837. Called the "Great Lakes State" because
its shores touch four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan gets its
name from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning "large
lake." Michigan has an unusual geography, as it consists of
two land masses--the sparsely populated Upper Peninsula and the
mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, home to most of the state's
residents. Detroit, its largest city, is known worldwide as the
center of the American auto industry. The apple blossom is the
state flower, the robin is the state bird and Lansing is the
capital.
State Flower: Apple Blossom
State Motto: If you seek a pleasant peninsula,
look around you
State Nickname: Wolverine State
State Bird: Robin
Land area: 56,809 sq mi. - Length: 490 miles - Width: 240 miles
10 largest cities (1999 est.): 10 largest
cities (1999 est.): Detroit, 965,084; Grand Rapids, 185,009;
Warren, 141,008; Flint, 130,853; Lansing, 127,716; Sterling
Heights, 124,571; Ann Arbor, 109,750; Livonia, 100,160; Dearborn,
88,215; Westland, 86,369; - Persons per square mile (1999): 173.6
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