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Liestal
town in, and capital of, the Swiss canton of Basel-Country / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liestal is a town in Switzerland. It is the capital of the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is 17 kilometres (11 miles) south of Basel. As of December 2012, 13,771 people lived there.[3]
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Liestal | |
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Coordinates: 47°28′N 7°44′E | |
Country | Switzerland |
Canton | Basel-Landschaft |
District | Liestal |
Government | |
• Mayor | Stadtpräsident Lukas Ott GPS/PES (as of 2014) |
Area | |
• Total | 18.19 km2 (7.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 326 m (1,070 ft) |
Population (31 December 2018)[2] | |
• Total | 14,390 |
• Density | 790/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
Postal code(s) | 4410 |
SFOS number | 2829 |
Surrounded by | Arisdorf, Bubendorf, Frenkendorf, Füllinsdorf, Hersberg, Lausen, Nuglar-St. Pantaleon (SO), Seltisberg |
Twin towns | Onex (Switzerland), Sacramento (USA), Waldkirch (Germany) |
Website | www SFSO statistics |
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