Zug

Zug is a town of 31,345 people in the region of and the capital of the canton of Zug. This article also covers the neighbouring town of Cham.
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  • Type: Town with 29,300 residents
  • Description: capital of the canton of Zug, Switzerland
  • Also known as: Zug, ZG
  • Postal code: 6300

Places of Interest

Highlights include Zug railway station and Zytturm.

Railway station
serves the municipality of Zug, the capital city of the canton of , Switzerland. Opened in 1897, the station is owned and operated by Swiss Federal Railways.

The is a 13th-century tower in Zug, , which houses an astronomical clock. The tower, which is 52 metres high, is located on Kolinplatz in the old town centre.

Stadium
OYM Hall is an indoor sporting arena located in Zug, . The capacity of the arena is 7,800 spectators and opened in 2010. It hosts indoor sporting events such as ice hockey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baar and Steinhausen.

Town
is a municipality in the canton of Zug in .

Village
is a city in the canton of Zug in . is situated 4 km northwest of Zug.

Village
is a village.

Zug

Latitude
47.168° or 47° 10′ 5″ north
Longitude
8.5174° or 8° 31′ 3″ east
Population
29,300
Elevation
425 metres (1,394 feet)
IATA airport code
ZLM
United Nations Location Code
CH ZLM
Open location code
8FVC5G98+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 60404417
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2657908
Wiki­data ID
Q68144
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Zug” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Cug
  • Albanian: Cugi
  • Albanian: Zug
  • Arabic: زوغ
  • Armenian: Ցուգ (քաղաք)
  • Armenian: Ցուգ
  • Asturian: Zug
  • Azerbaijani: Zuq
  • Basque: Zug
  • Belarusian: Цуг (горад)
  • Belarusian: Цуг
  • Breton: Zug
  • Bulgarian: Цуг
  • Catalan: Zug
  • Cebuano: Zug (kapital sa kanton)
  • Cebuano: Zug
  • Chavacano: Zug
  • Chechen: Цуг
  • Chinese: Zug
  • Chinese: 楚格
  • Chuvash: Цуг
  • Corsican: Zugu
  • Croatian: Zug
  • Czech: Zug
  • Danish: Zug
  • Dutch: Zug
  • Egyptian Arabic: زوج
  • Esperanto: urbo Zug
  • Esperanto: urbo Zugo
  • Esperanto: Zug ZG
  • Esperanto: Zug
  • Esperanto: Zugo
  • Estonian: Zug
  • Finnish: Zug
  • French: Zoug
  • Galician: Zug
  • German: Stadt Zug
  • German: Zug
  • Greek: Τσουγκ
  • Hebrew: צוג
  • Hungarian: Zug
  • Icelandic: Zug
  • Indonesian: Zoug
  • Indonesian: Zug
  • Interlingue: Zug
  • Irish: Zug
  • Italian: Zugo
  • Japanese: ツーク
  • Kazakh: Цуг
  • Korean: 추크
  • Kurdish: Zug
  • Latin: Tugium
  • Latvian: Cūga
  • Lithuanian: Cugas
  • Lithuanian: Cūgas
  • Lombard: Zug
  • Luxembourgish: Zug
  • Macedonian: Цуг
  • Min Nan Chinese: Zug
  • Northern Frisian: Zug
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Zug
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Byen Zug
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Zug
  • Norwegian: Zug
  • Occitan (post 1500): Zug
  • Persian: زوگ
  • Piemontese: Zug
  • Piemontese: Zugo
  • Polish: Zug
  • Portuguese: Zug
  • Portuguese: Zugo
  • Romanian: Zug
  • Romansh: Zug
  • Russian: Цуг
  • Scots: Zug
  • Scottish Gaelic: Zug
  • Serbian: Zug
  • Serbian: Цуг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Zug
  • Sicilian: Zugu
  • Slovak: Zug
  • Slovenian: Zug
  • South Azerbaijani: زوگ
  • Spanish: Zoug
  • Spanish: Zug
  • Swedish: Zug
  • Swiss German: Zug ZG
  • Swiss German: Zug
  • Thai: ซูค
  • Tosk Albanian: Zug
  • Turkish: Zug
  • Ukrainian: Цуг
  • Ukrainian: Цуґ
  • Upper Sorbian: Zug
  • Urdu: تسوگ
  • Venetian: Xugo
  • Vietnamese: Zug
  • Volapük: Zug
  • Waray (Philippines): Zug
  • Welsh: Zug
  • Western Panjabi: سوگ
  • Wu Chinese: 楚格
  • Zug

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