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State:	Michigan
Abbreviation:	MI
Capital:	Lansing
Largest City:	Detroit
Population:	9938444
Land-Square Miles:	56,809
Land-Square Miles Rank:	22
Highest Point:	Mount Arvon, 1,979 ft.
Governor of Michigan:	Jennifer M. Granholm
Political Party:	Democrat
Seat Up:	2010
Entered Union:	Jan. 26, 1837
State Number:	26th
State Motto:	If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you (Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice)
State Nickname:	The Wolverine State, Great Lake State
State Flower:	Apple Blossom
StateFlower2:	Pyrus coronaria
State Bird:	Robin
State Song:	Michigan, My Michigan
Sports Team:	Detroit Lions(Football), Detroit Pistons(Basketball), Detroit Tigers(Baseball), Detroit Red Wings(Hockey)
Origin Of The State Name:	From Indian word "Michigana" meaning "great or large lake"
Major Industries:	Motor Vehicles and Parts, Minerals and Farming
Historical Sites:	Mackinac Island, Fort Mackinac, Greenfield Village, Sault St. Marie
Points Of Interest:	Pictured Rocks and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshores
Bordering States:	Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Canada