Michigan [State] - Michigan

Japanese: ミシガン[州] - ミシガン
Michigan [State] - Michigan
A state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Abbreviated as Mich., MI. Divided into an upper peninsula and a lower peninsula by Lake Michigan. The state is generally a low hilly plateau, and is subject to significant glacial erosion. The automobile industry, centered in Detroit, is world famous and is the state's most important industry. It is home to the headquarters of General Motors and Ford Motor. Other industries include various machinery, chemicals, and food processing. The main agricultural industry is dairy farming, producing cheese and butter, and potatoes, wheat, sugar beets, apples, and soybeans. The upper peninsula facing Lake Superior is undeveloped forest, but is rich in minerals such as iron ore and limestone. First settled in 1668, joined the Union in 1837. State capital: Lansing. Largest city: Detroit. 250,487 km2 . 9,909,877 people (2014).

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Japanese:
米国,五大湖地方の州。略称Mich.,MI。ミシガン湖により,上部半島と下部半島に分けられる。全体に低い丘陵性の台地で,氷食が著しい。デトロイトを中心とする自動車工業は世界的に有名で,州の最重要産業。ゼネラル・モーターズ,フォード・モーターの本社がある。ほかに各種機械,化学,食品加工などの工業がある。農業の主体は酪農でチーズ,バターが生産され,ジャガイモ,小麦,テンサイ,リンゴ,大豆などの生産も多い。スペリオル湖に面する上部半島は未開発の森林であるが,鉄鉱石,石灰岩など鉱産が豊富。1668年最初の植民,1837年連邦加入。州都ランシング。最大都市デトロイト。25万487km2。990万9877人(2014)。

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