Title: Central Michigan
Content: Lansing, is the capital of Michigan and centrally located in the Lower Peninsula. It is the fifth largest city in the state. The Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area is the third largest metro area in Michigan. ; Flint is the sixth largest city in the state and an important center for Michigan's automotive industry. ; The Tri-Cities area includes Midland, Bay City, and Saginaw. The Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area is the fifth largest metro area in Michigan. Central Michigan has several cities of regional and geographic importance:
Title: Michigan State Capitol
Content:  The Michigan State Capitol is the building that houses the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is in the portion of the state capital of Lansing which lies in Ingham County. The present structure, at the intersection of Capitol and Michigan Avenues, is a National Historic Landmark that houses the chambers and offices of the Michigan Legislature as well as the ceremonial offices of the Governor of Michigan and Lieutenant Governor. Historically, this is the third building to house the Michigan government. The first state capitol was in Detroit, the original capital of Michigan, and was relocated to Lansing in 1847, due to the need to develop the state's western portion and for better defense from British troops stationed in Windsor, Ontario.
Title: Michigan
Content:  Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ (mishigami), meaning 'large water' or 'large lake'. With a population of nearly 10.1 million and a total area of nearly 97,000 sqmi, Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Michigan is the only state to consist of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Upper 
Title: Lansing, Michigan
Content:  Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 Census placed the city's population at 112,644, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The population of its metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 541,297 at the 2020 Census, the third largest in the state after metropolitan Detroit and Grand Rapids. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847, ten years after Michigan became a state. The Lansing metropolitan area, colloquially referred to as "Mid-Michigan", is an important center for educational, cultural, governmental, commercial, 
Title: Lansing, Michigan
Content:  with Detroit's strong influence over Michigan politics, being the state's largest city as well as the capital city. During the multi-day session to determine a new location for the state capital, many cities, including Ann Arbor, Marshall, and Jackson, lobbied hard to win this designation. Unable to publicly reach a consensus because of constant political wrangling, the Michigan House of Representatives privately chose the Township of Lansing out of frustration. When announced, many present openly laughed that such an insignificant settlement was now Michigan's capital. Two months later, Governor William L. Greenly signed into law the act of the legislature making 
Title: Index of Michigan-related articles
Content: Lakes in Michigan ; Lake Erie ; Lake Huron ; Lake Michigan ; Lake Saint Clair ; Lake Superior ; commons:Category:Lakes of Michigan ; commons:Category:Landmarks in Michigan ; Lansing, Michigan, state capital since 1847 ; Lansing Lugnuts ; Lighthouses of Michigan ; Lighthouses in the United States ; List of airports in Michigan ; List of automobile manufacturers of Michigan ; List of ballot measures in Michigan ; List of butterflies in Michigan ; List of cities, villages, and townships in Michigan ; List of Civil War regiments from Michigan ; List of colleges and universities in Michigan ; List 
Title: Stevens T. Mason
Content: The city of Mason, Michigan, the county seat of Ingham County, where the state capital, Lansing, is located. ; Mason County, Michigan ; Mason Hall at Michigan State University ; Mason Hall at the University of Michigan ; Stevens T. Mason Building in Lansing, Michigan ; Mason Senior High School in Erie Township, Michigan ; Stevens T. Mason Elementary School in Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan ; Stevens T. Mason Middle School in Waterford Township, Michigan ; Mason Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan ; Mason Street in Green Bay, Wisconsin 
Title: Outline of Michigan
Content: 83 Counties ; Cities, villages, townships, and unincorporated communities ; Townships ; State capital: Lansing ; Largest city: Detroit ; City nicknames ; Sister cities ; Lost cities, towns, and counties ; Ghost towns Lost cities, towns, and counties ; Ghost towns Administrative Divisions of Michigan
Title: Index of Michigan-related articles
Content: Demographics of Michigan ; Detroit, Michigan, territorial capital 1805-1812 and 1813–1837, state capital 1837-1847 ; Detroit and Mackinac Railway ; Detroit Free Press ; Detroit Ignition ; Detroit Lions ; Detroit Pistons ; Detroit Red Wings ; Detroit River ; Detroit Shock ; Detroit Sunday Journal ; Detroit Tigers ; Detroit Zoo ; DeYoung Family Zoo ; Dow Chemical Company ; Dow Corning 
Title: Lansing, Michigan
Content:  Township the state capital.  With the announcement that Lansing Township had been made the capital, the small village quickly transformed into the seat of state government. Within months after it became the capital city, individual settlements began to develop along three key points along the Grand River in the township:    The collection of original settlements ("Upper Town", "Lower Town" and "Middle Town") had for some years been collectively referred to as the "Village of Michigan". On February 16, 1842, Alaiedon township was split into the townships of Lansing, Delhi and Meridian (originally suggested as "Genoa") based on a petition submitted in 

Question: What is the capital of Michigan?
Answer: Lansing.
Lansing, Michigan.