'''Mechoacana''' sive '''Mechoacanum'''<ref>[http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/hofmann/hof3/s0358b.html Lexicum Universale Hofmann]</ref> (sc. regio, [[Lingua Hispanica|Hispanice]] ''Michoacán'') sive '''Mechoacania'''<ref>[http://books.google.at/books?id=05JEAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA384&lpg=PA384&dq=Mechoacanae+provinciae&source=bl&ots=-pV3AuhXZ2&sig=r344BPzeFDagBXFIsIKoCYUac7Y&hl=de&sa=X&ei=u6JWU_jUL4SK7AaE6ICoDg&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Mechoacanae%20provinciae&f=false Novum lexicon geographicum (1738), p. 372]</ref> vel etiam '''Michoacana'''<ref>[https://www.google.at/search?tbm=bks&hl=de&q=%22michoacana%22+est+provincia#hl=de&q=%22michoacanae%22++provinciae&tbm=bks La flora de Michoacán(1790-1791)]</ref> civitas est [[Mexicum|Mexicana]] in occidente Nationis locata. Contermina est ad occidentem [[Oceanus Pacificus|Oceano Pacifico]], ad septentrionem [[Colima]], [[Xaliscum|Xalisco]], [[Guanahuatum|Guanahuato]] et [[Queretarum|Queretaro]], ad orientem [[Civitas Mexici|Civitate Mexici]], ad austrum [[Bellator]]e. Municipia habet centum tredecim.
== Urbes ==
*[[Morelia]], 1541 nomine Mechoacanum<ref>[http://www.uni-mannheim.de/mateo/camenaref/hofmann/hof3/s0358b.html Lexicum Universale Hofmann]</ref> (''Ciudad de Mechuacán'') condita, 1545 Vallisoletum (''Valladolid'') dicta<ref>[http://books.google.at/books?id=05JEAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA384&lpg=PA384&dq=Mechoacanae+provinciae&source=bl&ots=-pV3AuhXZ2&sig=r344BPzeFDagBXFIsIKoCYUac7Y&hl=de&sa=X&ei=u6JWU_jUL4SK7AaE6ICoDg&ved=0CF0Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Mechoacanae%20provinciae&f=false Novum lexicon geographicum (1738), p. 372]</ref> anno 1828 nomen hodiernum accepit.
== Ecclesia Catholica ==
In Mechoacana est [[Archidioecesis Moreliensis]], cuius sedes est [[Morelia]].
