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These lands were divided into encomiendas among the conquistadors. īasilica of Nuestra Señora de la Salud in Patzcuaroĭuring the first years of the Conquest, Michoacán was part of the 'kingdom of Mexico' which included the current states of Mexico, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, Morelos, Guerrero, Veracruz, Tabasco, Michoacán, Guanajuato and parts of San Luis Potosí, Jalisco and Colima. But, Nuño de Guzmán reneged on this agreement and killed Tanganxoan II in 1530. The Spanish destruction of Tenochtitlan and their promise to allow him to remain ruler convinced Tanganxoan II to submit to Spanish rule. The first Spaniard to the area was Cristóbal de Olid. Prior to the arrival of any Spaniard in the territory, then-ruler Zuanga died of smallpox, presumably carried by one of the Aztec delegations seeking military aid. Because of this attack, the Purépecha later denied the Aztecs aid in their defense of Tenochtitlan against the Spanish. The Aztec attempted to invade the Purépecha but were repelled. By the late 15th century, this state rivaled that of the Aztec, having expanded their territory over much of what is now Michoacán and into part of Colima, Nayarit, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Guerrero and Jalisco. Conquest of neighboring tribes and territories occurred between 14, as they absorbed peoples with different cultures and languages into the empire. The formation of the Purépechan state in the 13th century, when these people started their own dominion at Uayameo, today Santa Fé de la Laguna, and becoming dominant over the entire Lake Patzcuaro area by the 15th century. At Lake Patzcuaro, they came upon people with similar cultures to their own but who were more technically and socially advanced. The Purépecha are descendants of a late arrival of Chichimeca who came from the north. Before the 13th century, both Nahua and Purépecha peoples were here, sustaining themselves by agriculture and fishing. The main pre-Hispanic civilization of the state is that of the Purépecha, which was centered in the Lake Pátzcuaro area. Spanish-Tlaxcalan conquest of Michoacan under Nuño de Guzmán. The territory has been inhabited by the Nahua, Otomi, Matlatzinca, Pirinda and Teco peoples as well as the Purépecha. Important sites include El Opeño and those in Curutarán, Tepalcatepec, Apatzingán, Zinapécuaro and Coalcomán. There are sites of formal settlements from all Mesoamerican periods. In the pre-Hispanic period, there were waves of migration into the area, including the Pirinda, Nahua, Huetamo, Colima, Purépecha and other peoples. The major tourism draw for the state is the Lake Pátzcuaro–Tzintzuntzan–Quiroga area, which was the center of the Purépecha Empire, also the national or state parks which include the winter grounds of the monarch butterflies (' Mariposas Monarca') and the park where the Cupatitzio River has its main source.Īccording to the archeological evidence, there has been human habitation within the territory of the Mexican state of Michoacán for at least 10,000 years. The economy is based on agriculture, fishing, mining and some industry. Today, the state is still home to a sizable population of Purépecha people as well as minor populations of Otomi and Nahua. The state and several of its residents played a major role in the Mexican War of Independence. After the Spanish conquest, the empire became a separate province which became smaller over the colonial period. In pre-Hispanic times, the area was the home of the Purépecha Empire, which rivaled the Aztec Empire at the time of Spanish encounter. The name Michoacán is from Nahuatl: Michhuahcān Template:IPA-nah from michhuah Template:IPA-nah ('possessor of fish') and - cān Template:IPA-nah (place of) and means 'place of the fishermen' referring to those who fish on Lake Pátzcuaro. It is bordered by the states of Colima and Jalisco to the west and northwest, Guanajuato to the north, Querétaro to the northeast, the State of México to the east, and Guerrero to the southeast. Michoacán is located in Western Mexico, and has a stretch of coastline on the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. The city was named after José María Morelos, one of the main heroes of the Mexican War of Independence. The state is divided into 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia (formerly called Valladolid).

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Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo ( Spanish pronunciation: ( listen)), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo ( English: Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state's GDP was 210,041,025 thousand pesos in 2008, amount corresponding to 16,409,455.078 thousand dollars, being a dollar worth 12.80 pesos (value of June 3, 2010).