Liestal (district)
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Liestal District Bezirk Liestal |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 Basel-Landschaft
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| Capital | Liestal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 85.83 km2 (33.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 59,599 |
| • Density | 690/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 14 |
Liestal District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. The city of Liestal serves as capital of both the district of Liestal and the canton of Basel-Country. It has a population of 59,599 (as of 31 March 2016).
Liestal district has an area, as of 2009[update], of 85.83 square kilometers (33.14 sq mi). Of this area, 29.07 km2 (11.22 sq mi) or 33.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 37.08 km2 (14.32 sq mi) or 43.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.89 km2 (7.29 sq mi) or 22.0% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.68 km2 (0.26 sq mi) or 0.8% is either rivers or lakes and 0.13 km2 (32 acres) or 0.2% is unproductive land.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 3.2% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 10.6% and transportation infrastructure made up 5.7%. Power and water infrastructure as well as other special developed areas made up 1.2% of the area while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 1.3%. Out of the forested land, 41.4% of the total land area is heavily forested and 1.8% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 13.9% is used for growing crops and 16.6% is pastures, while 3.4% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
Liestal contains a total of fourteen municipalities:
Liestal district has a population (as of March 2016[update]) of 59,599. As of 2008[update], 24.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals.
Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (45,694 or 84.0%), with Italian language being second most common (2,607 or 4.8%) and Turkish being third (1,102 or 2.0%). There are 573 people who speak French and 42 people who speak Romansh.
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