Canton o Uri
The canton o Uri (German: Kanton Uri (help·info)) is ane o the 26 cantons o Swisserland an a foondin member o the Swiss Confederation. It is locatit in Central Swisserland. The canton's territory covers the valley o the Reuss atween the St. Gotthard Pass an Loch Lucerne. The offeecial leid o Uri is (the Swiss variety o Staundart) German, but the main spoken leid is the Alemannic Swiss German dialect called Urner German . Uri wis the anerly canton whaur the childer in schuil haed to learn Italian as thair first foreign leid. But in the schuil year o 2005/2006 this wis chynged tae Inglis as in maist ither cantons. The population is aboot 35,000 o which 3,046 (or 8.7%) are foreigners.[3]
Kanton Uri | |
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![]() Location in Swisserland | |
Coordinates: 46°47′N 8°37′E / 46.783°N 8.617°ECoordinates: 46°47′N 8°37′E / 46.783°N 8.617°E | |
Caipital | Altdorf |
Subdivisions | 20 municipalities |
Govrenment | |
• Executive | Regierungsrat (7) |
• Legislative | Landrat (64) |
Area | |
• Total | 1076.56 km2 (415.66 sq mi) |
Population (12/2015)[2] | |
• Total | 35,973 |
• Density | 33/km2 (87/sq mi) |
ISO 3166 code | CH-UR |
Heichest point | 3,630 m (11,909 ft): Dammastock |
Lawest point | 434 m (1,424 ft): Loch Lucerne |
Joined | 1291 |
Languages | German |
Website | UR.ch |
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Arealstatistik Land Cover - Kantone und Grossregionen nach 6 Hauptbereichen accessed 27 October 2017
- ↑ Swiss Federal Statistical Office - STAT-TAB, online database – Ständige und nichtständige Wohnbevölkerung nach institutionellen Gliederungen, Geburtsort und Staatsangehörigkeit (in German) accessed 30 August 2016
- ↑ Federal Department of Statistics (2008). "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit, Geschlecht und Kantonen" (Microsoft Excel). Retrieved 5 November 2008.