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The Canton of St. Gallen (German: Kanton St. Gallen ) is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of 465,937 (2007) of which 97,461 (or 20.9%) are foreigners[1]. The capital is St. Gallen. There are alternative spellings for the canton: St. Gall, Saint Gall, Saint Gallen.
[edit] Cities and townsCities (with more than 10,000 inhabitants):
[edit] GeographyThe canton is located in the north east of Switzerland. It is bounded to the north by Lake Constance (Bodensee). To the east lies the Rhine valley. Over the Rhine are Austria (state of Vorarlberg) and Liechtenstein. To the south, the canton of St. Gallen is bounded by the cantons of Graubünden, Glarus and Schwyz. To the west lie the cantons of Zürich and Thurgau. The two half cantons Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden are completely surrounded by lands of the canton of St. Gallen. The main rivers of the canton are the Rhine, Thur, Linth and Seez. The topography changes from the plains, near river Rhine and Lake Constance, towards the mountainous areas of the Alps in the south (Appenzell Alps and Glarus Alps). About one quarter of the land is covered in forests and more than half consists of Alpine pastures. [edit] HistoryThe lands of the canton St. Gallen represent acquisitions of the abbey of St. Gallen over centuries. The canton of St. Gallen was part of the canton of Säntis during the Helvetic Republic. This was only possible after secularizing the abbey in 1798. In 1803 as part of the Act of Mediation the area joined the Swiss Confederation as canton St. Gallen. The constitution was established in 1890. [edit] EconomyAgricultural activity consists predominantly of dairy farming and cattle breeding in the mountainous areas. In the plains fruit and wine production are important, but there is also mixed farming. Industries of the canton include optical goods, pyrotechnics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Tourism plays an important role in the many resorts. There is a thermal spa in Bad Ragaz and an other in St. Margrethen and a great number of winter sports facilities. [edit] Constituencies and municipalities
 The canton is subdivided in following constituencies (Wahlkreise). The structure replaced districts (Bezirke) on January 1, 2003:
See Municipalities of the canton of St. Gallen for an alphabetical list. [edit] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
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