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Schwyz (canton) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 47 02 26 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.0405 decimal degrees |
Long: 008 44 28 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.7410 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area joined Uri, Unterwalden and Lucerne in a pact to form the Four Forest Cantons, which became the foundation of Swiss independence; the name of this canton in the document is the source of the name of the nation, "Schweiz"; population is mainly Catholic. |
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Schwyz (preferred,C,V,English)
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Schwyz (French)
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Schwyz (German,U)
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Kanton Schwyz (C,V,O,German-P,U)
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Schwyz canton (C,O)
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Canton de Schwyz (C,V,French-P,U)
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Canton Svitto (C,V,Italian-P,U)
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Chantun Sviz (C,V,Romansh-P,U)
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Schwyz, Canton de (C,V,French,U)
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Schwyz, Kanton (C,V,German,U)
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Svitto (C,V,Italian,U)
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Svitto, Canton (C,V,Italian,U)
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Sviz (C,V,Romansh,U)
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Sviz, Chantun (C,V,Romansh,U)
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SZ17 (C,V,FIPS,German,U)
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Canton de Schwytz (C,U,French)
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Canton of Schwyz (C,U,English)
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Schwytz (C,U,French)
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슈비츠 주 (C,U,Korean)
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Suittes (H,V)
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canton (preferred, C) |
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joined Swiss Confederacy 1291, modern territorial jurisdiction was finalized in 1848 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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