Canton of Nidwalden
canton of Switzerland
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Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Switzerland[1]
- Country: Switzerland[2]
- Capital: Stans[3]
- Official language: Swiss High German[4]
- Shares border with: Canton of Obwalden[5], Canton of Lucerne[6], Canton of Uri[7], Canton of Schwyz[8], Canton of Berne[9]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Beckenried[10], Buochs[11], Dallenwil[12], Emmetten[13], Ennetbürgen[14], Ennetmoos[15], Hergiswil[16], Oberdorf[17], Stans[18], Stansstad[19], Wolfenschiessen[20]
- Legislative body: Landrat of Nidwalden[21]
- Part of: Unterwalden[22], Central Switzerland[23], Waldstätte[24]
- Licence plate code: NW[25]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[26], UTC+02:00[27]
- Archives at: Nidwalden cantonal archive[28]
- Inception: 1291[29]
- Highest point: Rotstöckli[30]
- Official website: http://www.nw.ch[31]
- Population: 43,223[32], 45,016[33]
- Number of seats: 1[34]
- Official name: Kanton Nidwalden[35]
- List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Nidwalden[36], list of cultural property of national significance in Switzerland: Nidwalden[37]
- Demonym: Nidvaldesi[38]
- Lowest point: Lake Lucerne[39]
- Short name: NW[40]
- Different from: Nidwalden[41]
- Elevation above sea level: 454 m[42]