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Canton of Schaffhausen

The canton of Schaffhausen, also canton of Schaffhouse, is the northernmost canton of . The principal city and capital of the canton is .
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  • Type: State with 83,100 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “c.sh”, “CH052”, “Kanton Schaffhausen”, “Schaffhausen”, and “SH”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rhine Falls and Munot.

Waterfall
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The is a waterfall on the High Rhine in . It is the most powerful waterfall in and a popular tourist attraction. The falls are located on the border between the cantons of Schaffhausen and , between the municipalities of and /, ca.

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The is a circular 16th-century fortification located on Emmersberg hill in the city of , Switzerland, and serves as a symbol of the city.

Castle
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is a castle in the in the . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance overlooking the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Schaffhausen and Neuhausen am Rheinfall.

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is a city in north-eastern on the river Rhine, next to the border. Its prime tourist attraction are the Rhine Falls, Europe's largest waterfalls.

Town
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is a town and a municipality in the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The town is close to the , mainland Europe's largest waterfall.

Village
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am Hochrhein, often known simply as , is a German municipality in the south of with a population of about 1,548 inhabitants.

Canton of Schaffhausen

Latitude
47.6971° or 47° 41′ 50″ north
Longitude
8.6347° or 8° 38′ 5″ east
Population
83,100
Elevation
485 metres (1,591 feet)
Abbreviation
“SH”
Open location code
8FVCMJWM+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313874120
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2658760
Wiki­data ID
Q12697
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Canton of Schaffhausen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Afrikaans: “SH”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Schaffhausen”
  • Arabic: “شافهوزن”
  • Arabic: “كانتون شافهوزن”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Schaffhausen”
  • Aragonese: “SH”
  • Armenian: “Շաֆհաուզեն կանտոն”
  • Armenian: “Շաֆհաուզեն”
  • Arpitan: “Ch·afhosa”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton de Ch·afouse”
  • Arpitan: “SH”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Schaffhausen”
  • Asturian: “SH”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Basque: “Schaffhausen kantonamendua”
  • Basque: “SH”
  • Bavarian: “SH”
  • Belarusian: “кантон Шафгаўзен”
  • Belarusian: “Шафгаўзен (кантон)”
  • Belarusian: “Шафгаўзен”
  • Belarusian: “Шафгаўзэн”
  • Belarusian: “Шафхаўзен”
  • Bengali: “স্ক্যাফহোসেন ক্যান্টন”
  • Bosnian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Breton: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Breton: “SH”
  • Bulgarian: “Шафхаузен”
  • Catalan: “cantó de Schaffhausen”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Schaffhausen”
  • Catalan: “SH”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Chinese: “Schaffhausen Chiu”
  • Chinese: “沙夫候臣州”
  • Chinese: “沙夫豪森州”
  • Chuvash: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Corsican: “SH”
  • Croatian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Croatian: “SH”
  • Czech: “Schaffhausen”
  • Czech: “SH”
  • Danish: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Danish: “SH”
  • Dutch: “Schaffhausen”
  • Dutch: “SH”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Ŝafhaŭzo”
  • Esperanto: “Ŝafhaŭzo”
  • Esperanto: “SH”
  • Estonian: “Schaffhauseni kanton”
  • Estonian: “SH”
  • Finnish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Finnish: “SH”
  • French: “canton de Schaffhouse”
  • French: “Canton de Schaffhouse”
  • French: “Schaffhausen”
  • French: “Schaffhouse”
  • French: “SH”
  • Friulian: “SH”
  • Galician: “Cantón de Schaffhausen”
  • Galician: “SH”
  • Georgian: “შაფჰაუზენის კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • German: “Schaffhausen”
  • German: “SH”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι του Σαφχάουζεν”
  • Greek: “Σαφχάουζεν”
  • Gujarati: “કેન્ટન ઓફ સ્કહાફહૌસન”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון שפהאוזן”
  • Hebrew: “שפהאוזן”
  • Hindi: “शाफ़हाउसन कैन्टन”
  • Hindi: “शैफहाउज़न छावनी”
  • Hungarian: “Schaffhausen kanton”
  • Hungarian: “SH”
  • Icelandic: “SH”
  • Ido: “SH”
  • Iloko: “Kanton ti Schaffhausen”
  • Iloko: “Schaffhausen”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Indonesian: “SH”
  • Interlingua: “SH”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Schaffhausen”
  • Interlingue: “SH”
  • Irish: “cantún Schaffhausen”
  • Irish: “SH”
  • Italian: “canton Sciaffusa”
  • Italian: “Canton Sciaffusa”
  • Italian: “Sciaffusa”
  • Italian: “SH”
  • Japanese: “シャフハウゼン州”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಕಾಫ್ಹೌಸೆನ್ ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Kongo: “SH”
  • Korean: “샤프하우젠 주”
  • Korean: “샤프하우젠”
  • Korean: “샤프하우젠주”
  • Kurdish: “Schaffhausen (kanton)”
  • Kurdish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de Schaffhausen”
  • Latin: “Scafusa”
  • Latvian: “Šafhauzenes kantons”
  • Ligurian: “SH”
  • Limburgan: “Schaffhausen”
  • Limburgan: “SH”
  • Lingala: “Kanton ya Shaffhus”
  • Lithuanian: “Šafhauzeno kantonas”
  • Lombard: “Canton Sciafüsa”
  • Low German: “SH”
  • Luxembourgish: “SH”
  • Macedonian: “Шафхаузен”
  • Malagasy: “SH”
  • Malay: “Canton of Schaffhausen”
  • Malay: “SH”
  • Marathi: “शाफहाउजन”
  • Mazanderani: “شافت‌هاوسن کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Schaffhausen Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “SH”
  • Narom: “SH”
  • Neapolitan: “SH”
  • Northern Frisian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Northern Sami: “Schaffhausen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schaffhausen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “SH”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen Schaffhausen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “SH”
  • Norwegian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Schaffhausen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “SH”
  • Ossetian: “Шаффхаузен (кантон)”
  • Ossetian: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Persian: “شاف هاوزن”
  • Persian: “کانتون شاف‌هاوزن”
  • Picard: “SH”
  • Piemontese: “SH”
  • Polish: “SH”
  • Polish: “Szafuza”
  • Portuguese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Portuguese: “SH”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Schaffhausen”
  • Romanian: “SH”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Schaffusa”
  • Romansh: “Schaffusa”
  • Romansh: “SH”
  • Russian: “Шаффгаузен”
  • Russian: “Шаффхаузен”
  • Sardinian: “SH”
  • Scots: “Canton o Schaffhausen”
  • Scots: “SH”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Schaffhausen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “SH”
  • Serbian: “SH”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Шафхаузен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Sicilian: “Canton Sciaffusa”
  • Sicilian: “SH”
  • Sinhala: “ස්කෆ්හවුසෙන් පළාත”
  • Slovak: “Schaffhausen”
  • Slovak: “SH”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Slovenian: “Schaffhausen”
  • Slovenian: “SH”
  • South Azerbaijani: “شاف‌هاوزن”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Schaffhausen”
  • Spanish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Spanish: “SH”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Schaffhausen”
  • Swahili: “SH”
  • Swedish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Swedish: “SH”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Schafuuse”
  • Swiss German: “SH”
  • Tamil: “காண்டோன் ஆப் ஸ்சஆஹூசேன்”
  • Telugu: “కాంటన్ ఆప్ షాఫ్‌హాసెన్”
  • Thai: “รัฐชัฟเฮาเซิน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Schaffhausen”
  • Turkish: “canton de Schaffhouse”
  • Turkish: “Scafusa”
  • Turkish: “Schaffhausen”
  • Turkish: “Schaffhouse”
  • Turkish: “Schaffusa”
  • Turkish: “Sciaffusa”
  • Turkish: “SH”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаффгаузен”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن شافہاوزن”
  • Venetian: “Canton S-ciafuxa”
  • Venetian: “Canton Schaffhausen”
  • Venetian: “SH”
  • Vietnamese: “Schaffhausen”
  • Vietnamese: “SH”
  • Vlaams: “SH”
  • Volapük: “Jafhusän”
  • Volapük: “SH”
  • Walloon: “SH”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Schaffhausen”
  • Welsh: “Schaffhausen”
  • Welsh: “SH”
  • Western Panjabi: “شافہاوزن”
  • Wolof: “SH”
  • Wu Chinese: “沙夫豪森州”
  • Yue Chinese: “沙夫候臣州”
  • Zulu: “SH”

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