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Schaffhausen is a city-canton which entered the Swiss Confederation in 1501. It is Switzerland's northernmost canton and is mostly agricultural land.
In 1944 Schaffhausen was bombed by the United States Air Force, killing 40 people â it was later determined that the daylight raid was an accident, due to a navigational error.
The current population of Schaffhausen is 35'036.
