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 Sarnen.
- Type: State with 38,100 residents
- Description: canton of Switzerland
- Also known as: “cantão de Obwald”, “Cantão de Obwalden”, “Cantó d’Obwalden”, “Canton of Obwald”, “CH064”, “Kanton Obwald”, “Obvaldene”, “Obwalden”, “Obwalden kantonu”, “OW”, “Roh-Sursilvania”, and “Unterwalden-le-Haut”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Lake Sarnen and Sachseln railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sarnen and Sachseln.
Canton of Obwalden
- Categories: canton of Switzerland and locality
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Canton of Obwalden” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Albanian: “Kantoni Obwalden”
- Amharic: “ኦብዋልደን”
- Arabic: “أوبفالدن”
- Arabic: “كانتون أوبفالدن”
- Aragonese: “Cantón d’Obwalden”
- Armenian: “Օբվալդեն”
- Arpitan: “Obvalde”
- Arpitan: “Quenton d’Obevalde”
- Asturian: “Cantón d’Obwalden”
- Azerbaijani: “Obvalden”
- Balinese: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Basque: “Obwalden”
- Belarusian: “Кантон Обвальдэн”
- Belarusian: “Обвальдэн”
- Bengali: “ওবেল্ডেন”
- Bosnian: “Obwalden”
- Breton: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Bulgarian: “Обвалден”
- Catalan: “Obwalden”
- Cebuano: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Chinese: “上瓦尔登州”
- Chinese: “上瓦爾登州”
- Chuvash: “Обвальден”
- Croatian: “Obwalden”
- Czech: “Obwalden”
- Danish: “Obwalden”
- Dutch: “Obwalden”
- Esperanto: “Kantono Obvaldo”
- Esperanto: “Obvaldo”
- Estonian: “Obwalden”
- Estonian: “Obwaldeni kanton”
- Finnish: “Obwalden”
- French: “canton d’Obwald”
- French: “Canton d’Obwald”
- French: “Obwald”
- Galician: “Obwalden”
- Georgian: “ობვალდენის კანტონი”
- German: “Kanton Obwalden”
- German: “Kanton Unterwalden Obwalden”
- German: “Obwalden”
- German: “Unterwalden ob dem Wald”
- German: “Obwald” (historical)
- Greek: “Καντόνι του Όμπβαλντεν”
- Greek: “Όμπβαλντεν”
- Greek: “Ομπγουάλντεν”
- Gujarati: “ઓબ્વાલ્ડન”
- Hausa: “Obwalden”
- Hebrew: “אובוולדן”
- Hindi: “ओबवाल्डन कैन्टन”
- Hungarian: “Obwalden kanton”
- Iloko: “Obwalden”
- Indonesian: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Interlingue: “Canton de Obwalden”
- Irish: “cantún Obwalden”
- Irish: “Obwalden”
- Italian: “canton Obvaldo”
- Italian: “Canton Obvaldo”
- Italian: “Obvaldo”
- Japanese: “オプヴァルデン準州”
- Javanese: “Obwalden”
- Kannada: “ಓಬ್ವಾಲ್ಡೆನ್”
- Kazakh: “Обвальден”
- Kirghiz: “Обвальден”
- Korean: “옵발덴 주”
- Korean: “옵발덴”
- Korean: “옵발덴주”
- Kurdish: “Obwalden”
- Ladin: “Obwalden”
- Latin: “Subsilvania superior”
- Latvian: “Obvaldenes kantons”
- Limburgan: “Obwalden”
- Lithuanian: “Obvaldenas”
- Lombard: “Canton Obvald”
- Lombard: “Caton Obwalden”
- Luxembourgish: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Luxembourgish: “Obwalden”
- Macedonian: “Обвалден”
- Malay: “Obwalden”
- Marathi: “ओबवाल्डन”
- Mazanderani: “ابوالدن”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Obwalden Chiu”
- Nepali: “ओब्वाल्डेन”
- Northern Frisian: “Obwalden”
- Northern Sami: “Obwalden”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Obwalden”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Obwalden”
- Norwegian: “Obwalden”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canton d’Obwald”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canton de Sursilvània”
- Oromo: “Obwalden”
- Ossetian: “Обвальден”
- Panjabi: “ਓਬਵਾਲਡਨ”
- Persian: “ابوالدن”
- Persian: “کانتون ابوالدن”
- Polish: “Obwalden”
- Portuguese: “Obwald”
- Pushto: “اوب والدن”
- Romanian: “Cantonul Obwald”
- Romansh: “Chantun Sursilvania”
- Romansh: “Sursilvania”
- Russian: “Обвальден”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Obwalden”
- Serbian: “Кантон Обвалден”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Obwalden”
- Sicilian: “Canton Obvaldu”
- Sinhala: “ඔබ්වල්ඩන්”
- Slovak: “Obwalden”
- Slovenian: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Somali: “Obwalden”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوبولدان(کانتون)”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوبولدان”
- Spanish: “Cantón de Obwalden”
- Spanish: “Obwalden”
- Swahili: “Obwalden”
- Swedish: “Obwalden”
- Swiss German: “Kanton Obwaldä”
- Swiss German: “Kanton Obwalden”
- Tajik: “Обвальден”
- Tamil: “உபவால்டேன்”
- Tatar: “Обвальден”
- Telugu: “ఓబ్వాల్డెన్”
- Thai: “รัฐอ็อพวัลเดิน”
- Turkish: “Obwalden”
- Ukrainian: “Обвальден”
- Urdu: “اوبوالدن”
- Uzbek: “Obvalden”
- Venetian: “Canton Obvaldo”
- Vietnamese: “Obwalden”
- Waray (Philippines): “Obwalden”
- Welsh: “Obwalden”
- Western Panjabi: “اوبوالڈن”
- Wu Chinese: “上瓦尔登州”
- Yue Chinese: “上華登州”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Oberwilen and Ewil.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kapelle Ewil and Ewil Maxon railway station.
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