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Canton of Obwalden

Canton of Obwalden or Obwald is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of seven municipalities and the seat of the government and parliament is in .
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  • Type: State with 38,100 residents
  • Description: canton of Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Canton of Obwald”, “CH064”, “Kanton Obwalden”, “Obwalden”, “OW”, and “Unterwalden ob dem Wald”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Sarnen and Sachseln railway station.

Lake
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is a in the canton of Obwalden. The lake is on the Sarner Aa, which flows out of the , through the , and into .

Railway station
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is a railway station on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links and . The station is in the in the canton of Obwalden.

Railway station
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Giswil is a railway station on the Brünig line, owned by the Zentralbahn, that links and . The station is in the in the canton of Obwalden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sarnen and Sachseln.

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is the capital of the canton of Obwalden and sits on the shore of Lake . is an ideal starting point for numerous excursions by train, car or bike; a variety of sports can be practised here or in the immediate vicinity.

Village
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is a and municipality in the canton of Obwalden in . Besides the village of , the municipality includes the hamlets of Edisried, Ewil and Flüeli-Ranft.

Village
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is a municipality in the canton of Obwalden in .

Canton of Obwalden

Latitude
46.8614° or 46° 51′ 41″ north
Longitude
8.2068° or 8° 12′ 24″ east
Population
38,100
Elevation
467 metres (1,532 feet)
Abbreviation
“OW”
Open location code
8FRCV664+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240062519
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
2659315
Wiki­data ID
Q12573
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Canton of Obwalden” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Afrikaans: “OW”
  • Albanian: “Kantoni Obwalden”
  • Arabic: “أوبفالدن”
  • Arabic: “كانتون أوبفالدن”
  • Aragonese: “Cantón d’Obwalden”
  • Aragonese: “OW”
  • Armenian: “Օբվալդեն”
  • Arpitan: “Obvalde”
  • Arpitan: “OW”
  • Arpitan: “Quenton d’Obevalde”
  • Asturian: “Cantón d’Obwalden”
  • Asturian: “OW”
  • Azerbaijani: “Obvalden”
  • Balinese: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Basque: “Obwalden”
  • Basque: “OW”
  • Bavarian: “OW”
  • Belarusian: “Кантон Обвальдэн”
  • Belarusian: “Обвальдэн”
  • Bengali: “ওবেল্ডেন”
  • Bosnian: “Obwalden”
  • Breton: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Breton: “OW”
  • Bulgarian: “Обвалден”
  • Catalan: “Cantó d’Obwalden”
  • Catalan: “Obwalden”
  • Catalan: “OW”
  • Cebuano: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Chinese: “Obwalden Chiu”
  • Chinese: “上瓦尔登州”
  • Chinese: “上瓦爾登州”
  • Chinese: “上華登州”
  • Chuvash: “Обвальден”
  • Corsican: “OW”
  • Croatian: “Obwalden”
  • Croatian: “OW”
  • Czech: “Obwalden”
  • Czech: “OW”
  • Danish: “Obwalden”
  • Danish: “OW”
  • Dutch: “Obwalden”
  • Dutch: “OW”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Obvaldo”
  • Esperanto: “Obvaldo”
  • Esperanto: “OW”
  • Estonian: “Obwalden”
  • Estonian: “Obwaldeni kanton”
  • Estonian: “OW”
  • Finnish: “Obwalden”
  • Finnish: “OW”
  • French: “canton d’Obwald”
  • French: “Canton d’Obwald”
  • French: “Obwald”
  • French: “Obwalden”
  • French: “OW”
  • French: “Unterwalden-le-Haut”
  • Friulian: “OW”
  • Galician: “Obwalden”
  • Galician: “OW”
  • Georgian: “ობვალდენის კანტონი”
  • German: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • German: “Kanton Unterwalden Obwalden”
  • German: “Obwalden”
  • German: “OW”
  • German: “Unterwalden ob dem Wald”
  • German: “Obwald” (historical)
  • Greek: “Καντόνι του Όμπβαλντεν”
  • Greek: “Ομπγουάλντεν”
  • Gujarati: “ઓબ્વાલ્ડન”
  • Hebrew: “אובוולדן”
  • Hindi: “ओबवाल्डन कैन्टन”
  • Hindi: “ओब्वाल्डेन”
  • Hungarian: “Obwalden kanton”
  • Hungarian: “OW”
  • Icelandic: “OW”
  • Ido: “OW”
  • Iloko: “Obwalden”
  • Indonesian: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Indonesian: “OW”
  • Interlingua: “OW”
  • Interlingue: “Canton de Obwalden”
  • Interlingue: “OW”
  • Irish: “cantún Obwalden”
  • Irish: “Obwalden”
  • Irish: “OW”
  • Italian: “canton Obvaldo”
  • Italian: “Canton Obvaldo”
  • Italian: “Obvaldo”
  • Italian: “OW”
  • Japanese: “オプヴァルデン準州”
  • Kannada: “ಓಬ್ವಾಲ್ಡೆನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Обвальден”
  • Kongo: “OW”
  • Korean: “옵발덴 주”
  • Korean: “옵발덴”
  • Korean: “옵발덴주”
  • Kurdish: “Obwalden”
  • Ladin: “Obwalden”
  • Latin: “Subsilvania superior”
  • Latvian: “Obvaldene”
  • Latvian: “Obvaldenes kantons”
  • Ligurian: “OW”
  • Limburgan: “Obwalden”
  • Limburgan: “OW”
  • Lithuanian: “Obvaldenas”
  • Lombard: “Canton Obvald”
  • Lombard: “Caton Obwalden”
  • Low German: “OW”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Obwald”
  • Luxembourgish: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Luxembourgish: “Obwalden”
  • Luxembourgish: “OW”
  • Macedonian: “Обвалден”
  • Malagasy: “OW”
  • Malay: “Obwalden”
  • Malay: “OW”
  • Marathi: “ओबवाल्डन”
  • Mazanderani: “ابوالدن”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Obwalden Chiu”
  • Minangkabau: “OW”
  • Narom: “OW”
  • Neapolitan: “OW”
  • Nepali: “ओब्वाल्डेन”
  • Northern Frisian: “Obwalden”
  • Northern Sami: “Obwalden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Obwalden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “OW”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Obwalden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “OW”
  • Norwegian: “Obwalden”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton d’Obwald”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Sursilvània”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “OW”
  • Ossetian: “Обвальден”
  • Persian: “ابوالدن”
  • Persian: “کانتون ابوالدن”
  • Picard: “OW”
  • Piemontese: “OW”
  • Polish: “Obwalden”
  • Polish: “OW”
  • Portuguese: “cantão de Obwald”
  • Portuguese: “Cantão de Obwalden”
  • Portuguese: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Portuguese: “Obwald”
  • Portuguese: “Obwalden”
  • Portuguese: “OW”
  • Portuguese: “Unterwalden ob dem Wald”
  • Pushto: “اوب والدن”
  • Romanian: “Cantonul Obwald”
  • Romanian: “OW”
  • Romansh: “Chantun Sursilvania”
  • Romansh: “OW”
  • Romansh: “Roh-Sursilvania”
  • Romansh: “Sursilvania”
  • Russian: “Обвальден”
  • Sardinian: “OW”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Obwalden”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “OW”
  • Serbian: “OW”
  • Serbian: “Кантон Обвалден”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Obwalden”
  • Sicilian: “Canton Obvaldu”
  • Sicilian: “OW”
  • Sinhala: “ඔබ්වල්ඩන්”
  • Slovak: “Obwalden”
  • Slovak: “OW”
  • Slovenian: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Slovenian: “Obwalden”
  • Slovenian: “OW”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوبولدان(کانتون)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوبولدان”
  • Spanish: “Cantón de Obwalden”
  • Spanish: “Obwalden”
  • Spanish: “OW”
  • Swahili: “Obwalden”
  • Swahili: “OW”
  • Swedish: “Obwalden”
  • Swedish: “OW”
  • Swiss German: “Kanton Obwaldä”
  • Swiss German: “OW”
  • Tamil: “உபவால்டேன்”
  • Telugu: “ఓబ్వాల్డెన్”
  • Thai: “รัฐอ็อพวัลเดิน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Kanton Obwalden”
  • Turkish: “canton d’Obwald”
  • Turkish: “Obvaldo”
  • Turkish: “Obwald”
  • Turkish: “Obwalden kantonu”
  • Turkish: “Obwalden”
  • Turkish: “OW”
  • Turkish: “Subsilvania superior”
  • Turkish: “Sursilvania”
  • Turkish: “Unterwalden ob dem Wald”
  • Turkish: “Unterwalden-le-Haut”
  • Ukrainian: “Обвальден”
  • Urdu: “اوبوالدن”
  • Venetian: “Canton Obvaldo”
  • Venetian: “OW”
  • Vietnamese: “Obwalden”
  • Vietnamese: “OW”
  • Vlaams: “OW”
  • Volapük: “OW”
  • Walloon: “OW”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Obwalden”
  • Welsh: “Obwalden”
  • Welsh: “OW”
  • Western Panjabi: “اوبوالڈن”
  • Wolof: “OW”
  • Wu Chinese: “上瓦尔登州”
  • Yue Chinese: “上華登州”
  • Zulu: “OW”

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