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Valais (canton) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 11 48 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.1967 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 35 17 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.5880 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located along the Italian border; area has been inhabited since prehistoric times; occupied by Rome under Julius Caesar from 57 BCE; passed to bishop of Sion in 999; remained Catholic throughout the Reformation. |
Names: |
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| Valais (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Valais (French,U)
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| Canton du Valais (C,V,French-P,U)
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| Wallis (C,V,German,U)
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| Kanton Wallis (C,V,O,German-P,U)
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| Canton Valais (C,V,French,U)
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| Canton Vallese (C,V,Italian-P,U)
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| Chantun Vallais (C,V,Romansh-P,U)
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| SZ22 (C,V,FIPS,German,U)
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| Valais, Canton (C,V,French,U)
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| Valais, Canton du (C,V,French,U)
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| Vallais, Chantun (C,V,Romansh,U)
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| Vallese (C,V,Italian,U)
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| Vallese, Canton (C,V,Italian,U)
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| Wallis, Kanton (C,V,German,U)
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| 발레 주 (C,U,Korean)
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| Valais Poenina (H,V)
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| Vallais (H,V,Romansh,U)
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| canton (preferred, C) |
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joined Swiss Confederacy in 1815 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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