Switzerland
Country name:
- conventional long form: Swiss Confederation
- conventional short form: Switzerland
- local long form: Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German), Confederation Suisse (French), Confederazione Svizzera (Italian)
- local short form: Schweiz (German), Suisse (French), Svizzera (Italian)
Location: Central
Europe,
east of
France, north of
Italy.
Geographic coordinates: 47º 00 N', 8º 00' E
Total area: 41.290 km²
- land: 39.770 km²
- water: 1.520 km²
Land boundaries:
- total: 1.852 km
- border countries:
Austria 164 km,
France 573 km,
Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km,
Germany 334 km
Coastline: 0 km
Elevation extremes:
- lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m
- highest point: Dufourspitze 4.634 m
Population of Switzerland: 7.489.370 (July 2005 est.)
Capital of Switzerland is Bern
Administrative divisions: Switzerland is divided in 26 cantons ;
- 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
- Zurich
National holiday: Founding of the Swiss Confederation, 1 August
Currency (code): Swiss franc (CHF)
Internet country code: .ch
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