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Entity: | Switzerland | Main prefix: | HB | Time zone: | +1 h | Continent: | Europe |
Switzerland | ![[175 kB]](Mapy/Big/Switzerland.gif) |
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Flag | Flag description | ![Details... [2 kB]](Bazy_danych/Flagi/Miniatury/sz-lgflag.gif) | Red square with a bold, equilateral white cross in the center that does not extend to the edges of the flag. |
Switzerland | Capital: | Bern
| Administrative divisions: | 26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; Kantone, singular - Kanton in German), Aargau, Appenzell Ausser-Rhoden, Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, and Zurich.
| Population: | 7,301,994 (July 2002 est.)
| Languages: | German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 19.2%, Italian (official) 7.6%, Romansch 0.6%, other 8.9%
| Geographic coordinates: | 47° 00' N, 8° 00' E | Area total: | 41,290 sq. km
| Land area: | 39,770 sq. km | Water area: | 1,520 sq. km | Total land boundaries: | 1,852 km | Borders with neighbor countries: | Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked)
| Elevation extremes: | Lake Maggiore 195 m - Dufourspitze 4,634 m
| Internet country code: | .ch | Currency: | Swiss franc (CHF)
| Name - conventional long form: | Swiss Confederation | Name - conventional short form: | Switzerland | Name - local long form: | Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German), Confederation Suisse (French), Confederazione Svizzera (Italian) | Name - local short form: | Schweiz (German), Suisse (French), Svizzera (Italian) | Independence: | 1 August 1291 (Founding of the Swiss Confederation)
| Constitution: | 29 May 1874
| Government type: | federal republic
| National holiday: | Founding of the Swiss Confederation, 1 August (1291)
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