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Thurgau

Thurgau, anglicized as Thurgovia, and formally as the Canton of Thurgau, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of five districts.
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  • Type: State with 283,000 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Canton of Thurgau”, “CH057”, “Kanton Thurgau”, “TG”, and “Thurgovia”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Berg railway station and Neuenburg Ruins.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the municipality of , in the canton of Thurgau. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Wil–Kreuzlingen line of Thurbo, and is served as a request stop by local trains only.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Railway station
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is a railway station in the canton of Thurgau and the . The station is located on the Winterthur–Romanshorn railway line, at its junctions with the Mittelthurgau-Bahn lines to and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Weinfelden and Berg.

Town
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is a municipality in the canton of Thurgau in . It is the capital of the district of the same name. is an old town, which was known during Roman times as Quivelda.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau,.

Hamlet
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is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in . The municipality was formed on 1 January 1996 through the merger of , , , , , , and .

Thurgau

Latitude
47.586° or 47° 35′ 10″ north
Longitude
9.1429° or 9° 8′ 34″ east
Population
283,000
Elevation
468 metres (1,535 feet)
Abbreviation
“TG”
Open location code
8FVFH4PV+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240079173
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2658372
Wiki­data ID
Q12713
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Thurgau” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Albanian: “Thurgau”
  • Arabic: “تورغاو”
  • Arabic: “كانتون تورغاو”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Turgovia”
  • Armenian: “Թուրգաու”
  • Armenian: “Տուրգաու”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton de Turgovia”
  • Arpitan: “Turgovia”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Turgovia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Turgau”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Basque: “Turgovia”
  • Belarusian: “кантон Тургау”
  • Belarusian: “Тургау (кантон)”
  • Belarusian: “Тургау”
  • Belarusian: “Тургаў”
  • Bengali: “থোগাও”
  • Bosnian: “Thurgau”
  • Breton: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Bulgarian: “Тургау”
  • Catalan: “Turgòvia”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Chinese: “Thurgau Chiu”
  • Chinese: “图尔高州”
  • Chinese: “圖爾膠州”
  • Chinese: “圖爾高州”
  • Chuvash: “Тургау”
  • Croatian: “Thurgau”
  • Czech: “Thurgau”
  • Danish: “Thurgau”
  • Dutch: “Thurgau”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Turgovio”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Turgovio”
  • Esperanto: “Turgovio”
  • Estonian: “Thurgau kanton”
  • Finnish: “Thurgau”
  • French: “canton de Thurgovie”
  • French: “Canton de Thurgovie”
  • French: “TG”
  • French: “Thurgau”
  • French: “Thurgovie”
  • Galician: “Turgovia”
  • Georgian: “თურგაუს კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • German: “TG”
  • German: “Thurgau”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι του Τούργκαου”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι Τούργκαου”
  • Gujarati: “થરગાઉ”
  • Hebrew: “תורגאו”
  • Hindi: “ठूरगाउ कैन्टन”
  • Hindi: “ठूरगाउ”
  • Hungarian: “Thurgau kanton”
  • Icelandic: “Thurgau”
  • Iloko: “Thurgau”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Thurgau”
  • Irish: “cantún Thurgau”
  • Irish: “Thurgau”
  • Italian: “Canton Turgovia”
  • Italian: “cantone Turgovia”
  • Italian: “Turgovia”
  • Japanese: “トゥールガウ州”
  • Kannada: “ತುರ್ಗೌ”
  • Kazakh: “Тургау”
  • Korean: “투르가우 주”
  • Korean: “투르가우”
  • Korean: “투르가우주”
  • Kurdish: “Thurgau”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Thurgau”
  • Latin: “Turgovia”
  • Latvian: “Turgava”
  • Latvian: “Turgavas kantons”
  • Limburgan: “Thurgau”
  • Lithuanian: “Turgau”
  • Lombard: “Canton Turgovia”
  • Lombard: “Canton Türgovia”
  • Macedonian: “Тургау”
  • Malay: “St. Thurgau”
  • Malay: “Thurgau”
  • Marathi: “थुर्गाउ”
  • Mazanderani: “تورگائو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Thurgau Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Thurgau”
  • Northern Sami: “Thurgau”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Thurgau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Thurgau”
  • Norwegian: “Thurgau”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Turgòvia”
  • Ossetian: “Тургау”
  • Persian: “تورگاو”
  • Persian: “کانتون تورگاو”
  • Piemontese: “Canton ëd Turgòvia”
  • Polish: “Turgowia”
  • Portuguese: “Turgóvia”
  • Pushto: “تورګاو”
  • Romanian: “cantonul Thurgau”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Thurgau”
  • Romanian: “TG”
  • Romanian: “Turgovia”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Turgovia”
  • Romansh: “Turgovia”
  • Russian: “Тургау”
  • Scots: “Thurgau”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Thurgau”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Тургау”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thurgau”
  • Sicilian: “Canton Turgovia”
  • Sinhala: “තුර්ගෞ”
  • Slovak: “Thurgau”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Slovenian: “TG”
  • Slovenian: “Thurgau”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورقاو”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تورگاو”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Turgovia”
  • Spanish: “Turgovia”
  • Swahili: “Thurgau”
  • Swedish: “Thurgau”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Tamil: “துர்காவு”
  • Telugu: “తుర్గావ్”
  • Thai: “รัฐทัวร์เกา”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Turkish: “canton de Thurgovie”
  • Turkish: “TG”
  • Turkish: “Thurgau”
  • Turkish: “Thurgovie”
  • Turkish: “Turgovia”
  • Ukrainian: “Тургау”
  • Ukrainian: “Турґау”
  • Urdu: “تھورگاو”
  • Venetian: “Canton Turgovia”
  • Vietnamese: “Kanton Thurgau”
  • Vietnamese: “TG”
  • Vietnamese: “Thurgau”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Thurgau”
  • Welsh: “Thurgau”
  • Western Panjabi: “تھرگاو”
  • Wu Chinese: “图尔高州”
  • Yue Chinese: “圖爾膠州”

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