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Lugano, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerlandi
Regional Level Types
LuganoMunicipality
LuganoDistrict
TicinoCanton
SwitzerlandCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Lugano63,000 (2017)
Pregassona7,548 (2013)
Viganello6,375 (2013)
Cadro1,596 (2014)
Colla624 (2014)
Gandria216 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
408115
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:408115:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Lugano, District de Lugano, Tessin, Suisse
German:
Lugano, Bezirk Lugano, Tessin, Schweiz
Italian:
Lugano, Distretto di Lugano, Ticino, Svizzera
Russian:
Лугано, Округ Лугано, Тичино, Швейцария
Simplified Chinese:
卢加诺, 提契諾州, 瑞士
Spanish:
Lugano, Distrito de Lugano, Tesino, Suiza
Albanian:
Lugano, Kantoni Ticino, Zvicra
Alemannic:
Lugano, Bezirk Lugano, Tessin, Schwiz (Schwiiz)
Arabic:
لوغانو, كانتون تيسينو, سويسرا
Armenian:
Լուգանո, Լուգանո շրջան, Տիչինո, Շվեյցարիա
Basque:
Lugano, Lugano barrutia, Ticino, Suitza
Belarusian:
Лугана, акруга Лугана, Тычына, Швейцарыя
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Люгана, Тычына, Швайцарыя
Bosnian:
Lugano, Ticino, Švicarska
Breton:
Lugano, Ticino, Suis
Bulgarian:
Лугано, Тичино, Швейцария
Catalan:
Lugano, Districte de Lugano, Tessí, Suïssa
Cebuano:
Lugano, Lugano District, Ticino , Swisa
Chuvash:
Лугано, Лугано, Тичино, Швейцари
Croatian:
Lugano, Ticino, Švicarska
Czech:
Lugano, Ticino, Švýcarsko
Danish:
Lugano, Ticino, Schweiz
Dutch:
Lugano, Lugano, Ticino, Zwitserland
Egyptian Arabic:
لوجانو, سويسرا
Esperanto:
Lugano, Lugano , Tiĉino, Svisujo
Estonian:
Lugano, Ticino kanton, Šveits
Extremaduran:
Lugano, Suiça
Farsi/Persian:
لوگنو, بخش لوگانو, ایالت تیچینو, سوئیس
Finnish:
Lugano, Ticino, Sveitsi
Galician:
Lugano, Tesino, Suíza
Georgian:
ლუგანო, ლუგანოს ოლქი, ტიჩინოს კანტონი, შვეიცარია
Greek:
Λουγκάνο, Διαμέρισμα του Λουγκάνο, Τιτσίνο, Ελβετία
Hebrew:
לוגאנו, טיצ'ינו, שווייץ
Hungarian:
Lugano, Ticino kanton, Svájc
Icelandic:
Lugano, Ticino, Sviss
Ido:
Lugano, Suisia
Indonesian:
Lugano, Kanton Ticino, Swiss
Irish Gaelic:
Lugano, An Eilvéis
Japanese:
ルガーノ, ルガーノ郡, ティチーノ州, スイス
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Лугано, Тичино, Швейцария
Korean:
루가노, 티치노주, 스위스
Latin:
Luganum, Luganum, Ticinum, Helvetia
Latvian:
Lugāno, Tičīno kantons, Šveice
Lithuanian:
Luganas, Tičinas, Šveicarija
Lombard:
Lugan, Distret de Lügan, Tesìn (Tasìn; Tisìn), Svizera
Luxembourgish:
Lugano, Kanton Tessin, Schwäiz
Malay:
Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Malayalam:
ലുഗാനോ, ടിച്ചീനോ, സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റ്
Marathi:
लुगानो, तिचिनो, स्वित्झर्लंड
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Lugano, Lugano Koān, Ticino Chiu, Sūi-se
Nauruan:
Lugano, Witsierand
Neapolitan:
Lugano, Cantone Ticino, Sguizzera
Nepali:
लुगानो, स्विजरल्याण्ड
Norwegian:
Lugano, Ticino, Sveits
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Lugano, Distriktet Lugano, Ticino, Sveits
Occitan:
Lugano, Canton de Tecin, Soïssa
Piedmontese:
Lugan, Svìssera
Polish:
Lugano, Ticino, Szwajcaria
Portuguese:
Lugano, Ticino, Suíça
Romanian:
Lugano, Cantonul Ticino, Elveția
Romansh:
Lugano, District da Lugano, Tessin, Svizra
Sardinian:
Luganu, Isvìtzera
Scots:
Lugano, Ticino, Swisserland
Scottish Gaelic:
Lugano, Ticino, An Eilbheis
Serbian:
Лугано, Кантон Тичино, Швајцарска
Serbo-Croatian:
Lugano, Ticino, Švajcarska
Sicilian:
Luganu, Ticinu, Svìzzira
Slovak:
Lugano, Ticino, Švajčiarsko
Slovenian:
Lugano, Švica
South Azerbaijani:
لوگنو, تیچینو, سوئیس
Swedish:
Lugano, Lugano , Ticino, Schweiz
Tatar:
Лугано, Тичино кантуны, Эсвичрә
Thai:
ลูกาโน, รัฐตีชีโน, ประเทศสวิสเซอร์แลนด์
Tibetan (Standard):
ལུ་ག་ནོ།, སུད་སི།
Traditional Chinese:
盧加諾, 鐵千諾州, 瑞士
Turkish:
Lugano, Ticino, İsviçre
Ukrainian:
Лугано, округ Лугано, Тічино, Швейцарія
Upper Sorbian:
Lugano, Šwicarska
Urdu:
لوگانو, تیچینو, سویٹزرلینڈ
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Lugano, Shveysariya
Venetian:
Ługàn, Distreto de Ługàn, Canton Tisin, Svìzera
Vietnamese:
Lugano, Lugano, Ticino, Thụy Sĩ
Volapük:
Lugano, Jveizän
Waray:
Lugano, Lugano, Ticino, Swiza
Welsh:
Lugano, Rhanbarth Lugano, Ticino, Y Swistir
Western Punjabi:
لوگانو, ٹیسینو, سویٹزرلینڈ
Wu Chinese:
卢加诺, 瑞士
Yiddish:
לוגאנא, שווייץ


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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed237 Ma (Middle Triassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed242 Ma (Middle Triassic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Posidonia obliqua
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Posidoniidae : Posidonia : Posidonia obliqua242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugano
Wikidata ID:Q7024
GeoNames ID:2659836

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