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Valais (canton) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 46 11 48 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.1967 decimal degrees |
Long: 007 35 17 E degrees minutes |
Long: 7.5880 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located along the Italian border; area has been inhabited since prehistoric times; occupied by Rome under Julius Caesar from 57 BCE; passed to bishop of Sion in 999; remained Catholic throughout the Reformation. |
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Valais (preferred,C,V,English)
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Valais (French,U)
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Canton du Valais (C,V,French-P,U)
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Wallis (C,V,German,U)
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Kanton Wallis (C,V,O,German-P,U)
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Canton Valais (C,V,French,U)
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Canton Vallese (C,V,Italian-P,U)
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Chantun Vallais (C,V,Romansh-P,U)
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SZ22 (C,V,FIPS,German,U)
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Valais, Canton (C,V,French,U)
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Valais, Canton du (C,V,French,U)
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Vallais, Chantun (C,V,Romansh,U)
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Vallese (C,V,Italian,U)
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Vallese, Canton (C,V,Italian,U)
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Wallis, Kanton (C,V,German,U)
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발레 주 (C,U,Korean)
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Valais Poenina (H,V)
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Vallais (H,V,Romansh,U)
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canton (preferred, C) |
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joined Swiss Confederacy in 1815 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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