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 Location of Switzerland (green) on the European continent (green and dark grey) | |
| Capital | None (de jure) Bern (de facto) 46°57′N 7°27′E / 46.950°N 7.450°E |
| Official languages | German French Italian |
| Common languages | Latin |
| Demonym(s) | English: Swiss, German: Schweizer(in), French: Suisse(sse), Italian: svizzero/svizzera, or elvetico/elvetica, Romansh: Svizzer/Svizra |
| Government | Federal semi-direct democracy under a multi-party parliamentary directorial republic |
| Viktor Rossi | |
| Legislature | Federal Assembly |
| Council of States | |
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| History | |
| c. 1300 (traditionally 1 August 1291) | |
| 24 October 1648 | |
| 7 August 1815 | |
| 12 September 1848 | |
| Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (132nd) |
• Water (%) | 4.2 |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate |  8,570,146 (99th) |
• 2015 census | 8,327,126 |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (48th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $548 billion (38th) |
• Per capita | $64,649 (9th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $704 billion (20th) |
• Per capita | $82,950 (2nd) |
| Gini (2018) | ▼ 29.7 low · 19th |
| HDI (2018) | 0.946 very high · 2nd |
| Currency | Swiss franc (CHF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (AD) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +41 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH |
| Internet TLD | .ch, .swiss |
Switzerland (German: Schweiz; French: Suisse; Italian: Svizzera; Romansh: Svizra; Swiss German: Schwiz) is a country in Western Europe. Switzerland is a federation of 26 cantons.
The official name of Switzerland is Confoederatio Helvetica (Swiss Confederation). This is Latin and is not often used except for official state documents. When it was founded in 1291, Switzerland was a confederation, but later became a federation, even though it has kept the word Confoederatio in its official name.
Switzerland does not have an official capital city, but Bern is used as though it is the capital. The largest city of Switzerland is Zürich.
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