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Switzerland

Switzerland



CapitalBern
Official LanguageGerman / French / Italian & Romansh
Independence12 September 1848
Area41,284 km²
Population7,712,100
CurrencySwiss franc (CHF)
IDD Code+41

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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation or in Latin known as Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH, is a federal parliamentary republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, the so-called Bundesstadt ("federal city"). The country is situated in Western and Central Europe where it is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zürich and Geneva.

The establishment of the Swiss Confederation is traditionally dated to 1 August 1291, which is celebrated annually as Swiss National Day. It has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Natio
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Basel
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Laufenburg
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Rheinfall
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Schaffhausen