Sarganserland
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Sarganserland Wahlkreis Sarganserland |
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| Constituency | |
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| Country |
 Switzerland
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| Canton |
 St. Gallen
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| Capital | Sargans |
| Area | |
| • Total | 517.92 km2 (199.97 sq mi) |
| Population (December 2015) | |
| • Total | 39,842 |
| • Density | 77/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Municipalities | 8 |
The Sarganserland is a constituency (Wahlkreis) of the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, with a population of 36,892 (as of 2008[update]).
The constituency corresponds to the historical county of Sargans (13th to 15th century) and the later Landvogtei Sargans in the Old Swiss Confederacy (15th to 18th century). Part of the Canton of Linth in the Helvetic Republic, the Sarganserland together with Pfäfers was joined to the canton of St. Gallen at its formation in 1803. Geographically, it includes the land between the Rhine at Sargans (the tripoint of St. Gallen, Grisons and Liechtenstein) and upper Lake Walen, including the Seeztal. The territory of Pfäfers lies along the Tamina, in the Rhine basin, and was not historically part of Sargans county but was independently owned by Pfäfers Abbey, and had been joined to the canton of Linth in 1798.
Sarganserland Wahlkreis has a population of 39,842 (as of 31 December 2015). Of the foreign population, (as of 2000[update]), 373 are from Germany, 854 are from Italy, 3,171 are from ex-Yugoslavia, 220 are from Austria, 350 are from Turkey, and 1,090 are from another country. Of the Swiss national languages (as of 2000[update]), 31,401 speak German, 112 people speak French, 651 people speak Italian, and 157 people speak Romansh.
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