Canton of St. Gallen

The canton of St. Gallen or St Gall is a canton of . Its capital is . Located in northeastern Switzerland, the canton has an area of 2,026 km2 and a resident population close to half a million as of 2015.
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  • Type: State with 515,000 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Canton of St. Gall”, “CH055”, “Saint Gall”, “Saint Gallen”, “Sankt Gallen”, “St Gallen”, “St. Gall”, and “St. Gallen”
  • Neighbors: , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gamsberg and Hinterrugg.

Peak
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The is a mountain in the Appenzell Alps, overlooking the region of in the canton of St. Gallen. Located in the group, it is the culminating point of the range lying between Lake Walenstadt and .

Peak
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The is the highest peak of the group, located in the Appenzell Alps. It overlooks the town of and the lake in the canton of St. Gallen.

Peak
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The is a mountain of the Appenzell Alps located in the municipality in the canton of St. Gallen, , rising to 2,262 metres above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walenstadt and Flums.

Village
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in . It is located on Lake Walen.

Village
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is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the canton of St. Gallen in . It is close to a large shopping complex and also is the gateway to a large skiing resort called .

Village
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is a village and former municipality in the region of the canton of St. Gallen in , since 2010 by merger with part of the municipality of .

Canton of St. Gallen

Latitude
47.1561° or 47° 9′ 22″ north
Longitude
9.3383° or 9° 20′ 18″ east
Population
515,000
Elevation
1,120 metres (3,675 feet)
Abbreviation
“SG”
Open location code
8FVF584Q+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 313873770
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
2658821
Wiki­data ID
Q12746
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Canton of St. Gallen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni St. Gallen”
  • Arabic: “سانت غالن”
  • Arabic: “كانتون سانت غالن”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón de Sankt Gallen”
  • Armenian: “Սանկտ Գալլեն”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Գալլենի կանտոն”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton de Sent-Gâl”
  • Arpitan: “Sant-Jal”
  • Asturian: “Cantón de Sankt Gallen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sankt-Qallen (kanton)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sankt-Qallen”
  • Balinese: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Basque: “Sankt Gallen kantonamendua”
  • Belarusian: “кантон Санкт-Гален”
  • Belarusian: “Санкт-Гален”
  • Bengali: “ক্যান্টন সেন্ট গ্যালেন”
  • Bosnian: “St. Gallen”
  • Breton: “Kanton Sankt Gallen”
  • Bulgarian: “Санкт Гален”
  • Catalan: “cantó de Sankt Gallen”
  • Catalan: “Cantó de Sankt Gallen”
  • Catalan: “Saint-Gall”
  • Catalan: “San Gallo”
  • Catalan: “Sankt-Gallen”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Chinese: “St. Gallen Chiu”
  • Chinese: “圣加仑州”
  • Chinese: “聖加侖州”
  • Chinese: “聖加倫州”
  • Croatian: “St. Gallen”
  • Czech: “Kanton Sankt Gallen”
  • Czech: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Czech: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Czech: “St. Gallen”
  • Danish: “Kanton Sankt Gallen”
  • Dutch: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانتون سانت جالن”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Sankt-Galo”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Sankt-Galo”
  • Esperanto: “Sankt-Galo”
  • Estonian: “Sankt Galleni kanton”
  • Finnish: “Sankt Gallen”
  • French: “canton de Saint-Gall”
  • French: “Canton de Saint-Gall”
  • French: “canton SG”
  • French: “Saint-Gall”
  • French: “SG”
  • Galician: “Cantón de San Galo”
  • Galician: “Cantón de Sankt Gallen”
  • Galician: “San Galo”
  • Georgian: “სანქტ-გალენის კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Sankt Gallen”
  • German: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • German: “Sankt Gallen”
  • German: “St. Gallen”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι Σανκτ Γκάλεν”
  • Greek: “Καντόνι του Σανκτ Γκάλεν”
  • Gujarati: “કેન્ટન ઓફ સેન્ટ ગેલન”
  • Hebrew: “סנט גאלן”
  • Hebrew: “קנטון סנט גאלן”
  • Hebrew: “שנקט גאלן”
  • Hindi: “सांक्त गालन कैन्टन”
  • Hindi: “सेंट गैलेन छावनी”
  • Hungarian: “Sankt Gallen kanton”
  • Icelandic: “St. Gallen”
  • Iloko: “Kanton ti San Galo”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Sant Gallen”
  • Irish: “cantún St. Gallen”
  • Italian: “Canton San Gallo”
  • Italian: “Cantone di San Gallo”
  • Italian: “San Gallo”
  • Japanese: “ザンクト・ガレン州”
  • Javanese: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಗ್ಯಾಲೆನ್ನ ಕ್ಯಾಂಟನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Санкт-Галлен”
  • Kazakh: “Сен-Галлен”
  • Korean: “장크트갈렌 주”
  • Korean: “장크트갈렌”
  • Korean: “장크트갈렌주”
  • Kurdish: “St. Gallen (kanton)”
  • Kurdish: “St. Gallen”
  • Ladin: “Cianton de St. Gallen”
  • Latin: “Sanctogallum”
  • Latvian: “Sanktgallenes kantons”
  • Limburgan: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Lingala: “Kanton ya Santu-Gallo”
  • Lingala: “Santu-Gallo”
  • Lithuanian: “Sankt Galeno kantonas”
  • Lombard: “Canton San Gal”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Saint-Gall”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Luxembourgish: “St. Gallen”
  • Macedonian: “Санкт Гален”
  • Malay: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Malay: “St. Gallen”
  • Marathi: “सांक्ट गालेन”
  • Mazanderani: “سنت گالن کانتون”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sankt Gallen Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “St. Gallen”
  • Northern Sami: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kantonen St. Gallen”
  • Norwegian: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Sant Galh”
  • Ossetian: “Санкт-Галлен (кантон)”
  • Ossetian: “Санкт-Галлен”
  • Persian: “سانکت گالن”
  • Persian: “کانتون سنت گالن”
  • Piemontese: “Canton ëd San Gal”
  • Polish: “St. Gallen”
  • Portuguese: “São Galo”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul St. Gallen”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Son Gagl”
  • Romansh: “Son Gagl”
  • Russian: “Санкт-Галлен (кантон)”
  • Russian: “Санкт-Галлен”
  • Scots: “Canton o St. Gallen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “St. Gallen”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Санкт Гален”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “St. Gallen”
  • Sicilian: “San Gallu (cantuni)”
  • Sicilian: “San Gallu”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ත ගල්ලෙන් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Sankt Gallen”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Slovenian: “St. Gallen”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سانکت گالن”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سنت قالن”
  • Spanish: “Canton de San Galo”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de San Galo”
  • Spanish: “San Galo”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la St. Gallen”
  • Swahili: “St. Gallen”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Gallen”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Swiss German: “Kantoo Sanggale”
  • Tamil: “கேண்டோன் ஆப் செயின்ட். கல்லென்”
  • Telugu: “కాంటన్ ఆఫ్ సెయింట్ గాలెన్”
  • Thai: “รัฐซังคท์กัลเลิน”
  • Thai: “รัฐแซ็ง-กาล”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton St. Gallen”
  • Turkish: “St. Gallen”
  • Turkish: “St.Gallen”
  • Ukrainian: “Санкт-Галлен”
  • Urdu: “کینٹن سانکت گالن”
  • Venetian: “Canton San Gało”
  • Vietnamese: “St. Gallen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “St. Gallen”
  • Welsh: “St. Gallen”
  • Western Panjabi: “سینٹ گالن”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣加仑州”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖加倫州”
  • “SG”

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