Cham

Summary

Cham is a Municipality of Switzerland^[1]. Cham ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 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 image is recorded as Lorze Abfluss Zugersee Cham.jpg^[8].
• Cham's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland^[9].
• Cham's instance of is recorded as city of Switzerland^[10].
• Cham's official language is recorded as German^[11].
• Cham's flag image is recorded as CHE Cham Flag.svg^[12].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Hünenberg^[13].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Knonau^[14].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Maschwanden^[15].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Steinhausen^[16].
• Cham's shares border with is recorded as Zug^[17].
• Cham's coat of arms image is recorded as CHE Cham ZG COA.svg^[18].
• Cham's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cham^[19].
• Cham's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132144814514014221228^[20].
• Cham's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 134943276^[21].
• Cham's GND ID is recorded as 4009720-1^[22].
• Cham's locator map image is recorded as Karte Gemeinde Cham.png^[23].
• Cham's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n85318134^[24].
• Cham's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125510833^[25].
• Cham's postal code is recorded as 6330^[26].
• Cham's Commons category is recorded as Cham ZG^[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's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.73'}^[32]. Cham's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+420'}^[33]. Population counts include {'amount': '+15020'}^[34], {'amount': '+16690'}^[35], {'amount': '+16571'}^[36], {'amount': '+16719'}^[37], {'amount': '+16689'}^[38], and {'amount': '+16813'}^[39].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Municipality of Switzerland^[9] and city of Switzerland^[10]. Cham's heritage designation is recorded as Swiss townscape worthy of protection^[40].

Why It Matters

Cham ranks in the top 3% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (82 views/month).^[2] Cham has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Cham is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]