| Capital
City: |
Lansing |
|
| Nickname: |
Great Lakes
State/ Wolverine State / Water Wonderland |
| Motto: |
Si Quaeris
Peninsulam Amoenam, Circumspice
(If You Seek a Pleasant peninsula, Look About You) |
| Statehood: |
January 26, 1837
(26th) |
| Origin
of State's Name: |
Based on
Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" meaning "great
water," and referring to the Great Lake |
| Largest
Cities: |
Detroit, Grand
Rapids, Warren, Flint, Lansing |
| Border
States: |
Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin |
| Land
Area: |
56,809 sq. mi.,
22nd largest |
| State
Bird: |
Robin |
| State
Flower: |
Apple Blossom (pyrus
coronaria) |
| State
Tree: |
White pine (pinus
strobus) |
| State
Song: |
Michigan, My
Michigan |
| E-mail
your Congressperson: |
U.S. House: 110th
Congress
U.S. Senate: 110th
Congress
Or look up your Congressperson in the Congressional
Directory database! |
