Michoacán is a state in the southwestern part of the country. Its name, given by the Aztecs, means "place of those who have fish".
Two mountain ranges cross the state: the Sierra del Sur and the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Sierra Nevada). There are more than 80 volcanoes (including Pico de Tancítaro, Patamban and Paricutin) and Mexico's largest inland body of water, Lake Chapala.
