Zug
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View over Lake Zug with the old town of Zug and the Zytturm | |
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Location of Zug | |
| Coordinates: 47°10′05″N 08°31′01″E / 47.16806°N 8.51694°E | |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Canton | Zug |
| District | n.a. |
| Government | |
| • Executive | Stadtrat with 5 members |
| • Mayor | Stadtpräsident (list) Karl Kobelt FDP/PRD (as of 2018) |
| • Parliament | Grosser Gemeinderat with 40 members , instaured 1963) |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.61 km2 (8.34 sq mi) |
| Elevation (Landsgemeindeplatz) | 425 m (1,394 ft) |
| Highest elevation (Zugerberg) | 1,039 m (3,409 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Sumpf (Dorfbach)) | 415 m (1,362 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 30,542 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | German: Zuger/Zugerin |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (Central European Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (Central European Summer Time) |
| Postal code(s) | 6300 |
| SFOS number | 1711 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH-ZG |
| Surrounded by | Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri |
| Twin towns | Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina), Vișeu de Sus (Romania) |
| Website | stadtzug SFSO statistics |
Zug (Standard German: [tsuːk] ⓘ, Alemannic German: [tsuːɡ̊]; French: Zoug; Italian: Zugo; Romansh: Zug; Neo-Latin: Tugium) is the largest town and capital of the Swiss canton of Zug. Zug is renowned as a hub for some of the wealthiest individuals in the world and is known for its high concentration of wealth.
The municipality had a total population of 30,934 on 31 December 2020. The official language of Zug is the Swiss variety of Standard German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect.