Cham

Summary

Cham is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Cham ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cham was a member of SGV-ACS^[3].
• Cham is located in Canton of Zug^[4].
• Cham is in the country of Switzerland^[5].
• Cham is on the body of water Lake Zug^[6].
• Cham is on the body of water Lorze^[7].
• Cham's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[8].
• Cham's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[9].
• Cham's official language is recorded as German^[10].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Hünenberg^[11].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Knonau^[12].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Maschwanden^[13].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Steinhausen^[14].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Zug^[15].
• Cham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cham^[16].
• Cham's postal code is recorded as 6330^[17].
• Cham's Commons category is recorded as Cham ZG^[18].
• Cham's licence plate code is recorded as ZG^[19].
• Cham's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[20].
• Cham's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[21].
• Cham's local dialing code is recorded as 041^[22].
• Cham's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.180277777778, 'lon': 8.4594444444444}^[23].
• Cham's official website is recorded as https://www.cham.ch^[24].
• Cham's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cham, Switzerland^[25].
• Cham's Commons gallery is recorded as Cham ZG^[26].
• Cham has a population of {'amount': '+15020'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Cham is in the country of Switzerland^[5]. Cham is located in Canton of Zug^[4]. Adjacent water bodies include Lake Zug^[6], a lake^[28], in Switzerland^[29] and Lorze^[7], a river^[30], in Switzerland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Cham covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.73'}^[32]. Cham sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+420'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15020'}^[27], {'amount': '+16690'}^[34], {'amount': '+16571'}^[35], {'amount': '+16719'}^[36], {'amount': '+16689'}^[37], and {'amount': '+16813'}^[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[8] and city of Switzerland^[9]. Cham's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[39].

Why It Matters

Cham ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (378 views/month).^[2] Cham has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[40] Cham is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[41]