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No. Counties	7 (15 in Greater Michiana)
States	Indiana, Michigan
Postal Codes	46-49
Largest City	South Bend
Second Largest City	Elkhart
Time Zones	Eastern, Central
US Region	Midwest

Michiana is a region in northern Indiana and southwestern Michigan centered on the city of South Bend, Indiana. The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County, Indiana defines Michiana as "counties that contribute at least 500 inbound commuting workers to St. Joseph County daily." Those counties include Elkhart, La Porte, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starke in Indiana, and Berrien and Cass in Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population of those seven counties was 840,697 (627,140 in Indiana and 213,557 in Michigan).
The name is a portmanteau of "Michigan" and "Indiana", and was chosen as the winning entry in a contest to name the area held by the South Bend Tribune in the early 20th century. The term is frequently used throughout the area, particularly by local radio and television stations based in South Bend that serve the entire area, but also by businesses that seek to draw customers from Indiana into Michigan or vice versa.
Government
The Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) is the official Metropolitan Planning Organization for north central Indiana and the South Bend Metro area. MACOG conducts planning for transportation, water quality, and economic development. Currently, 22 cities and towns as well as 29 townships participate in MACOG. Despite the Michiana moniker, none of these participants are currently from the state of Michigan(External Link), although Berrien and Cass Counties formerly were until they along with Van Buren County were combined into their own MPO, the Southwestern Michigan Regional Planning Commission, later called the Southwestern Michigan Commission, and now called the Southwest Michigan Planning Commission(External Link).
Largest cities
For a complete list, see List of cities and towns in Michiana
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Elkhart, Indiana
Goshen, Indiana
La Porte, Indiana
Michigan City, Indiana
Mishawaka, Indiana
Niles, Michigan
South Bend, Indiana

Counties
Greater Michiana includes the following 15 counties in Indiana and Michigan:

Berrien County, Michigan
Cass County, Michigan
St. Joseph County, Michigan
Van Buren County, Michigan
Elkhart County, Indiana
Fulton County, Indiana
Kosciusko County, Indiana
LaGrange County, Indiana

Lake County, Indiana
La Porte County, Indiana
Marshall County, Indiana
Noble County, Indiana
Porter County, Indiana
St. Joseph County, Indiana
Starke County, Indiana

The Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County (Indiana) defines Greater Michiana as "counties within a 60-mile driving distance to St. Joseph County" that are not included in the seven counties making up Michiana "proper." However, the driving distance presumably refers to the distance between the metropolitan South Bend area and significant population centers in outlying areas, since a strict definition allowing for 60 miles from any point in St. Joseph County would add even more counties to the Greater Michiana area. For example, Walkerton in southwestern St. Joseph County is located approximately 30 miles from Monterey in northeastern Pulaski County, yet Pulaski isn't included in the Chamber's list of Greater Michiana counties. It should be noted that because Michiana isn't a legal or political entity, opinions differ about what counties and communities actually constitute the region. Some definitions of the entire Michiana area include fewer than 15 counties; others include Pulaski County and exclude some other outlying counties, notably those in extreme Northwest Indiana, whose residents identify more closely with Chicago than with the South Bend area.
Features

College Football Hall of Fame (South Bend, Indiana)
Fort St. Joseph Museum (Niles, Michigan)
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Indiana University South Bend
Kingsbury State Fish and Wildlife Area (Indiana)
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LaPorte County Historical Society Museum (LaPorte County, Indiana)
Northern Indiana Center for History (South Bend, Indiana)
Old Lighthouse Museum (Michigan City, Indiana)
Potato Creek State Park (Indiana)
Studebaker National Museum (South Bend, Indiana)
Warren Dunes State Park (Michigan)
University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana)
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