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Midwest

The Midwest is known as "America's Heartland": the massive , the vast northwoods, wide-open plains full of corn, wheat, and soybeans, a patchwork of industrial cities and small towns, and one of America's greatest cities, .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Chicago and Detroit.

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is the home of the blues and the truth of jazz, the heart of comedy and the idea of the skyscraper. Here, the age of railroads found its center, and airplanes followed suit.

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is a major metropolis in the state of that has had a profound impact on the world. From the advent of the automotive assembly line to the Motown sound, modern techno and rock music, continues to shape both American and global culture.

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is a city of about 430,000 people and the largest city in . Along with neighboring , it forms the urban core of the region, the third largest metropolitan area in the Midwest after and .

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Ohio and Illinois.

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's nickname is "the Heart of It All", purportedly because of its shape, its central location in the American Midwest, its mosaic of big commercial cities, small towns, industry and farmland, and its critical role in "America's Heartland".

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is a state in the Midwest of the United States of America. Home to the large city of , the terrain of this state ranges from rolling farmland in the south to the mud flats upon which Chicago was built.

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is an American state in the upper Midwest and the heart of the Great Lakes region. It has many attractions, famous landmarks, and scenic state and national parks and forests.

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is a state in the Midwest of the USA. is commonly referred to as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes"; there are actually around 14,300 bodies of water in the state.

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is a state in the heart of the Midwest region of the . is more than a fly-over state with one large metropolitan area, rural farmland, and cozy college towns.

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is a state in the Midwest in the United States of America. Being home to two Great Lakes, thousands of inland lakes and waterways, the state could easily be called the nation's "waterworld".

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is a state in the American Midwest. In addition to a network of state parks, is home to Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis and the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

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, a state with gently rolling green hills in the Midwest region of the United States, was admitted to the Union in 1846 as the 29th state. The people are very friendly, enjoy good food, and enjoy being in the political hotbed every four years when the Caucuses roll through the state.

Midwest

Latitude of center
42.6598° or 42° 39′ 35″ north
Longitude of center
-93.9386° or 93° 56′ 19″ west
Population
65,000,000
Elevation
1,099 feet (335 metres)
Geo­Names ID
11887750
Wiki­data ID
Q186545
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Midwest” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وسط غرب الولايات المتحدة”
  • Armenian: “Միջին Արևմուտք”
  • Asturian: “Mediu Oeste d’Estaos Xuníos”
  • Asturian: “Middle West”
  • Asturian: “Midwest”
  • Azerbaijani: “Orta Qərbi ABŞ”
  • Basque: “Mendebalde ertaina”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Erdialdeko Estatu Batuak”
  • Belarusian: “Сярэдні Захад ЗША”
  • Belarusian: “Сярэдні Захад”
  • Bengali: “মধ্যপশ্চিম যুক্তরাষ্ট্র”
  • Bosnian: “Srednji zapad”
  • Bulgarian: “Среден запад”
  • Bulgarian: “Среден Запад”
  • Catalan: “Mig-Oest dels Estats Units”
  • Catalan: “Oest Mitjà dels Estats Units”
  • Catalan: “Oest Mitjà”
  • Central Kurdish: “ویلایەتەکانی ڕۆژاوای ناوەڕاستی ئەمریکا”
  • Chinese: “美国中西部”
  • Chinese: “美國中西部”
  • Croatian: “Srednji zapad”
  • Croatian: “Srednji Zapad”
  • Czech: “Středozápad Spojených států amerických”
  • Czech: “Středozápad Spojených států”
  • Czech: “Středozápad USA”
  • Danish: “Middle West”
  • Danish: “Midtvesten”
  • Danish: “Midwest”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Werteyrocawanê Dewletanê Yewbiyayeyan”
  • Dutch: “Midden-Westen”
  • Dutch: “Middenwesten”
  • Dutch: “Midwesten”
  • Dutch: “Midwestern United States”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “غرب وسطانى”
  • Esperanto: “Mezokcidenta Usono”
  • Esperanto: “Middle West”
  • Esperanto: “Midwest”
  • Esperanto: “Usona Mez-Okcidento”
  • Esperanto: “Usona Mez-Uesto”
  • Estonian: “Kesk-Lääs”
  • Finnish: “Keskilänsi”
  • Finnish: “Yhdysvaltain keskilänsi”
  • French: “Mid-Ouest”
  • French: “Middle West”
  • French: “Midwest”
  • Galician: “Medio Oeste”
  • German: “Amerikanischer Mittelwesten”
  • German: “Mittlerer Westen”
  • Greek: “Μεσοδυτικές Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες”
  • Hebrew: “המערב התיכון”
  • Hindi: “मध्य पश्निम संयुक्त राज्य”
  • Hungarian: “Közép-Nyugat”
  • Icelandic: “Miðvesturríkin”
  • Indonesian: “Amerika Serikat Barat Tengah”
  • Indonesian: “Barat Tengah Amerika Serikat”
  • Indonesian: “Midwest”
  • Irish: “Meániarthar na Stát Aontaithe”
  • Italian: “Medio Occidente degli Stati Uniti d’America”
  • Italian: “Mid-West”
  • Italian: “Midwest”
  • Italian: “Stati Uniti d’America medio-occidentali”
  • Italian: “Stati Uniti medio occidentali”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ中西部”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国中西部”
  • Japanese: “中西部”
  • Japanese: “米国中西部”
  • Korean: “미국 중서부”
  • Latvian: “Vidējie Rietumi”
  • Lithuanian: “JAV Vidurio Vakarai”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidurio Vakarai”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mëttlere Westen”
  • Macedonian: “Среден Запад”
  • Malay: “Barat Tengah Amerika Syarikat”
  • Newari: “मध्यपश्चिमी संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका”
  • Newari: “मिदवेस्तर्न संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका”
  • Northern Sami: “Gaskaoarji”
  • Northern Sami: “Gaskaviesttar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Midtvesten”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Midwest”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midt-Vesten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Midtvesten”
  • Norwegian: “Midtvesten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oèst Mejan dels Estats Units”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oèst Mejan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Oèst Mijan”
  • Persian: “ایالت های غرب میانهٔ آمریکا”
  • Persian: “ایالت های غرب میانه امریکا”
  • Persian: “ایالت های غرب میانه ایالات متحده”
  • Persian: “ایالت‌های غرب میانه آمریکا”
  • Persian: “ایالت‌های غرب میانهٔ آمریکا”
  • Persian: “ایالت‌های غرب میانه امریکا”
  • Persian: “ایالت‌های غرب میانهٔ امریکا”
  • Persian: “ایالت‌های غرب میانه ایالات متحده”
  • Persian: “ایالت‌های غرب میانهٔ ایالات متحده”
  • Persian: “غرب میانه امریکا”
  • Persian: “غرب میانه”
  • Piemontese: “Midwest”
  • Polish: “Middle West”
  • Polish: “Midwest”
  • Polish: “Midwestern United States”
  • Portuguese: “Centro-Oeste”
  • Portuguese: “Meio-Oeste”
  • Portuguese: “Região centro-oeste dos estados unidos da américa”
  • Portuguese: “Região Centro-Oeste dos Estados Unidos”
  • Romanian: “Midwestern United States”
  • Romanian: “Vestul mijlociu al Statelor Unite ale Americii”
  • Romanian: “Vestul mijlociu”
  • Russian: “Средний Запад США”
  • Russian: “Средний Запад”
  • Sardinian: “Istados Unidos Otzidentales Mèdios”
  • Serbian: “Midwest”
  • Serbian: “Srednji zapad”
  • Serbian: “Амерички средњи запад”
  • Serbian: “Мидвест”
  • Serbian: “Средњи запад”
  • Serbian: “Средњи Запад”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Srednji zapad”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Srednji Zapad”
  • Slovak: “Midwest”
  • Slovak: “Midwestern United States”
  • Slovak: “Stredozápad Spojených štátov”
  • Slovak: “Stredozápad”
  • Slovenian: “ameriški Srednji zahod”
  • Slovenian: “Srednji zahod ZDA”
  • Slovenian: “Srednji zahod Združenih držav Amerike”
  • Spanish: “Medio oeste de Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Medio Oeste de Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Medio oeste de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Medio Oeste de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Medio Oeste”
  • Spanish: “Middle West”
  • Spanish: “Midwest”
  • Spanish: “Midwestern United States”
  • Swedish: “Mellanvästern”
  • Swedish: “Mellanvästra USA”
  • Swedish: “Midwest”
  • Tamil: “நடுமேற்கு ஐக்கிய அமெரிக்கா”
  • Tatar: “Урта көнбатыш”
  • Turkish: “Midwestern United States”
  • Turkish: “Ortabatı eyaletleri”
  • Turkish: “Ortabatı eyâletleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Середній Захід”
  • Urdu: “وسط مغربی ریاستہائے متحدہ”
  • Venetian: “Stati Unii mèdio-osidentałi”
  • Vietnamese: “Các tiểu bang Trung Tây”
  • Vietnamese: “Trung Tây Hoa Kỳ”
  • Vlaams: “Midwestelike Verenigde Stoaten”
  • Volapük: “Lamerikän Zänodavesüdik”
  • Western Frisian: “Midwesten”

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