Switzerland

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Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in western, central and southern Europe. The sovereign state is a federal republic 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.

Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 20 cantons and 6 half-cantons. Bern-city of federal significance.

132nd territory in the world. Total 41,284 km². The estimated population of 2008 is 7,580,000. (8 500 000 June 2018). Nationality-swiss. German, French, Italian and Romansh are the national and official languages of the Swiss Confederation.

Ethnic/Cultural groups. Historically, the Swiss Confederation has evolved in the coexistence of various linguistic, cultural and religious groups. 90% of the population - the Swiss (of which 1 million people received Swiss citizenship) They do not have a common language. The largest language group: German-Swiss (65%), followed by French-Swiss (18%), Italian-Swiss (10%). The Romans also live in the country - Romanshs and Ladins, they make up about 1% of the population. There are large communities of Portuguese, Serbs, Albanians, Spaniards, Turks, immigrants from Sri Lanka.

The largest cities are Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Lausanne, Bern.

Most of the country is located in the Alps. In the south there are the Pennine Alps (altitude up to 4634 m - Dufour peak, the highest point of Switzerland), the Lepontine Alps, the Retia Alps and the Bernina massif.

Switzerland's longest river Rhine. Switzerland's largest lake Neuchatelskoe(218.3 square kilometers).

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