an area of NE Switzerland, divided in 1597 into the Protestant canton of Appenzell Outer Rhodes and the Catholic canton of Appenzell Inner Rhodes. Capitals: Herisau and Appenzell, respectively. Pops: 53 200 and 15 000 (2002 est) respectively. Areas: 243 sq km (94 sq miles) and 171sq km (66 sq miles) respectively
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a town in NE Switzerland, capital of Appenzell Inner Rhodes canton. Pop: 5447 (2000)
Appenzell in American English
(ˈæpənˌzɛl; German ˈɑpənˌtsɛl)
canton of NE Switzerland: 161 sq mi (417 sq km); pop. 60,000: divided into two politically independent half cantons