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Lower Peninsula

The Lower Peninsula is an area of , containing most of the state's population and the majority of its territory.
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  • Type: peninsula with 9,580,000 residents
  • Description: Southern major peninsula of the US state of Michigan
  • Also known as: “L.P.”, “Lower Michigan”, and “Lower Peninsula of Michigan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Pleasant Municipal Airport.

Aerodrome
is a city-owned public-use located two miles northeast of the central business district of , a city in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosebush.

Village
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is a village in in the U.S. state of . The population was 353 at the 2020 census. The village is within , and is also entirely within the , home to the federally-recognized Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Nation.

Lower Peninsula

Latitude
43.66° or 43° 39′ 36″ north
Longitude
-84.73° or 84° 43′ 48″ west
Population
9,580,000
Open location code
86MQM759+XX
Wiki­data ID
Q3596
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Satellite Map

Discover Lower Peninsula from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Lower Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شبه جزيرة ميشيغان الدنيا”
  • Basque: “Michigango behe penintsula”
  • Bengali: “মিশিগানের নিম্নস্থ উপদ্বীপ”
  • Catalan: “Lower Peninsula”
  • Chinese: “密西根下半島”
  • Dutch: “Benedenschiereiland van Michigan”
  • Esperanto: “malsupra duoninsulo de Miĉigano”
  • French: “péninsule inférieure du Michigan”
  • French: “Péninsule inférieure du Michigan”
  • German: “the L.P.”
  • German: “Untere Halbinsel von Michigan”
  • German: “Untere Halbinsel”
  • German: “Untermichigan”
  • Italian: “penisola inferiore del Michigan”
  • Italian: “Penisola inferiore”
  • Japanese: “ロウアー半島”
  • Korean: “로어반도”
  • Latin: “Paeninsula Michiganensis Inferior”
  • Malay: “Semenanjung Hilir Michigan”
  • Polish: “Dolny Półwysep”
  • Polish: “Lower Peninsula”
  • Portuguese: “Península Inferior”
  • Russian: “Нижний полуостров Мичигана”
  • Slovenian: “Spodnji Michigan”
  • Slovenian: “Spodnji polotok Michigana”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula inferior de Michigan”
  • Spanish: “Peninsula Inferior de Michigan”
  • Spanish: “Península inferior de Míchigan”
  • Spanish: “Península Inferior de Míchigan”
  • Swedish: “Michigans nedre halvö”
  • Ukrainian: “Нижній півострів Мічигану”
  • Venetian: “penizoła inferiore del Michigan”
  • Western Frisian: “Neder-Michigan”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jordan and Leaton.

Michigan: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Lower Peninsula”. Photo: Deedeebee, CC BY 3.0.