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 | ||
Cairt o Uri  | ||
| 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 | 1,076.56 km2 (415.66 sq mi) | |
| Population (12/2015)[2] | ||
| • Tot | 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 | |
| Wabsteid | 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.