Swiss
Saturday, 07 July 2007 09:54
Last Updated on Saturday, 28 November 2009 22:05
| Swiss Confederation
Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German)
Confédération suisse (French) Confederazione Svizzera (Italian) Confederaziun svizra (Romansh) Confoederatio Helvetica (Latin) |
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| Motto: (unofficial) "One for all, all for one" German: Einer für alle, alle für einen French: Un pour tous, tous pour un Italian: Uno per tutti, tutti per uno |
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| Anthem: "Schweizerpsalm" (German) "Swiss Psalm" |
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 Location of Switzerland (green)
on the European continent (dark grey) — [Legend] |
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| Capital |  Bern[1]46°57′N 7°27′E / 46.95°N 7.45°E |
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| Largest city |  Zürich |
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| Official languages | German, French, Italian, Romansh[2] |
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| Demonym | Swiss | |||||
| Government | Direct democracy Federal parliamentary republic |
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| - | Federal Council | Moritz Leuenberger Pascal Couchepin Micheline Calmy-Rey Hans-Rudolf Merz (Pres. 09) Doris Leuthard (VP 09) Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf Ueli Maurer Didier Burkhalter (Elect) |
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| - | Federal Chancellor | Corina Casanova | ||||
| Legislature | Federal Assembly | |||||
| - | Upper House | Council of States | ||||
| - | Lower House | National Council | ||||
| Independence | ||||||
| - | Foundation date | 1 August[3] 1291 | ||||
| - | de facto | 22 September 1499 | ||||
| - | Recognized | 24 October 1648 | ||||
| - | Restored | 7 August 1815 | ||||
| - | Federal state | 12 September 1848[4] | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Total | 41,284 km2 (136th) 15,940 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 4.2 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2009 estimate | 7,739,100[5] (94th) | ||||
| - | 2007 census | 7,593,500 | ||||
| - | Density | 186.5/km2 (65th) 477.4/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $315.768 billion[6] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $43,195[6] (7th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2008 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $500.260 billion[6] | ||||
| - | Per capita | $68,433[6] (4th) | ||||
| Gini (2000) | 33.7 (medium) | |||||
| HDI (2007) | ▲ 0.960[7] (very high) (9th) | |||||
| Currency | Swiss franc (CHF) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .ch | |||||
| Calling code | +41 | |||||
