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Geopolitical and historical information on the Central European country of Switzerland.

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Geopolitical and historical information on the Central European country of Switzerland.

Switzerland Country Profile - Nations Online

Switzerland facts, Switzerland geography, travel Switzerland, Switzerland internet resources, links to Switzerland. Official web sites of Switzerland, the capital of Switzerland, art, culture, history, cities, airlines, embassies, tourist boards and newspapers.
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/switzerland.htm
WHO: Europe, Switzerland

Switzerland has an extremely well developed health care system which upholds the principles of universality and equality through means such as compulsory health insurance. In 2013, Switzerland and WHO signed a country cooperation strategy, highlighting opportunities and challenges for stronger cooperation between the country and the WHO Secretariat.
http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/switzerland
Switzerland - Forbes

Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world.
http://www.forbes.com/places/switzerland/
Education in Switzerland - About

Information about Education in Switzerland, from Kindergarten to University.
http://www.about.ch/education/index.html
Switzerland Religions - Demographics

Facts and statistics about the Religions of Switzerland. Updated as of 2014.
http://www.indexmundi.com/switzerland/religions.html
Switzerland GDP - Trading Economics

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Switzerland was worth 685.43 billion US dollars in 2013. The GDP value of Switzerland represents 1.11 percent of the world economy. GDP in Switzerland averaged 215.89 USD Billion from 1960 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 696.31 USD Billion in 2011 and a record low of 9.52 USD Billion in 1960.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/gdp
Switzerland Population - Trading Economics

The total population in Switzerland was last recorded at 8.2 million people in 2014 from 5.3 million in 1960, changing 55 percent during the last 50 years. Population in Switzerland averaged 6.69 Million from 1960 until 2014, reaching an all time high of 8.24 Million in 2014 and a record low of 5.30 Million in 1960.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/population
Switzerland Military Strength - Global Firepower

2015 Military Power and Ranked Strength of Switzerland.
http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=switzerland
Switzerland Guns: Living with Firearms the Swiss Way - BBC News

Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership and a low rate of gun-related street crime - but it may not hold useful lessons for other countries.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21379912
Switzerland Tourism - My Switzerland

My Switzerland is the offical website of the Swiss National Tourist Office.Find all information you need for your vacation, your holidays in Switzerland. Book hotels, apartments and chalets.
http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/home.html
Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called Bundesstadt ("federal city")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
Why Switzerland Has the World's Best Health Care System - Forbes

Our discussion of health care reform should start by compiling a set of bipartisan goals for an alternative health-care system: one in which everyone has access to affordable, fiscally stable, high-quality health care. Indeed, we have an example of such a system in Switzerland.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2011/04/29/why-switzerland-has-the-worlds-best-health-care-system/

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Swiss Confederation

(in other official languages)
German	Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
French	Confédération suisse
Italian	Confederazione Svizzera
Latin	Cōnfoederātiō Helvētica
Romansh	Confederaziun svizra

Flag

Coat of arms

Motto: (unofficial)
"Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno"

"One for all, all for one"

Anthem: "Swiss Psalm"

Location of Switzerland (green)

in Europe (green and dark grey)

Capital

None (de jure)

Federal city

Bern^[a]^[1]^[2]

Largest city

Zurich

Official languages

Religion

(2023) ^[3]

56.0% Christianity
- 30.7% Catholicism
- 19.5% Protestantism
- 5.8% other Christian
35.6% no religion
5.9% Islam
1.6% other religions
0.9% unanswered

Demonym(s)

English: Swiss
German: Schweizer/Schweizerin
French: Suisse/Suissesse
Italian: svizzero/svizzera or elvetico/elvetica
Romansh: Svizzer/Svizra

Government

Federal assembly-independent^[4]^[5] directorial republic

• Federal Council

• Federal Chancellor

Legislature

• Upper house

• Lower house

• Founded

1 August 1291^[b]

• Sovereignty recognised ( Peace of Westphalia)

24 October 1648

• Federal Treaty

7 August 1815

• Federal state

12 September 1848^[c]^[6]

Area

• Total

41,285 km² (15,940 sq mi) (132nd)

• Water (%)

4.34^[7]

Population

• 2025 estimate

9,060,598^[8] (99th)

• 2015 census

8,327,126^[9]

• Density

207/km² (536.1/sq mi) (48th)

GDP (PPP)

2024 estimate

• Total

$851.136 billion^[10] (35th)

• Per capita

$95,836^[10] (6th)

GDP (nominal)

2024 estimate

• Total

$942.265 billion^[10] (20th)

• Per capita

$106,097^[10] (5th)

Gini (2023)

31.5^[11]
medium inequality

HDI (2023)

0.970^[12]
very high (2nd)

Currency

Swiss franc (CHF)

Time zone

UTC+1 (CET)

• Summer ( DST)

UTC+2 (CEST)

Date format

dd.mm.yyyy (AD)

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Switzerland Country Profile - Nations Online

Switzerland facts, Switzerland geography, travel Switzerland, Switzerland internet resources, links to Switzerland. Official web sites of Switzerland, the capital of Switzerland, art, culture, history, cities, airlines, embassies, tourist boards and newspapers.
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/switzerland.htm
WHO: Europe, Switzerland

Switzerland has an extremely well developed health care system which upholds the principles of universality and equality through means such as compulsory health insurance. In 2013, Switzerland and WHO signed a country cooperation strategy, highlighting opportunities and challenges for stronger cooperation between the country and the WHO Secretariat.
http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/switzerland
Switzerland - Forbes

Switzerland is a peaceful, prosperous, and modern market economy with low unemployment, a highly skilled labor force, and a per capita GDP among the highest in the world.
http://www.forbes.com/places/switzerland/
Education in Switzerland - About

Information about Education in Switzerland, from Kindergarten to University.
http://www.about.ch/education/index.html
Switzerland Religions - Demographics

Facts and statistics about the Religions of Switzerland. Updated as of 2014.
http://www.indexmundi.com/switzerland/religions.html
Switzerland GDP - Trading Economics

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Switzerland was worth 685.43 billion US dollars in 2013. The GDP value of Switzerland represents 1.11 percent of the world economy. GDP in Switzerland averaged 215.89 USD Billion from 1960 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 696.31 USD Billion in 2011 and a record low of 9.52 USD Billion in 1960.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/gdp
Switzerland Population - Trading Economics

The total population in Switzerland was last recorded at 8.2 million people in 2014 from 5.3 million in 1960, changing 55 percent during the last 50 years. Population in Switzerland averaged 6.69 Million from 1960 until 2014, reaching an all time high of 8.24 Million in 2014 and a record low of 5.30 Million in 1960.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/switzerland/population
Switzerland Military Strength - Global Firepower

2015 Military Power and Ranked Strength of Switzerland.
http://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=switzerland
Switzerland Guns: Living with Firearms the Swiss Way - BBC News

Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership and a low rate of gun-related street crime - but it may not hold useful lessons for other countries.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21379912
Switzerland Tourism - My Switzerland

My Switzerland is the offical website of the Swiss National Tourist Office.Find all information you need for your vacation, your holidays in Switzerland. Book hotels, apartments and chalets.
http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-us/home.html
Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country in Europe. While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called Bundesstadt ("federal city")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland
Why Switzerland Has the World's Best Health Care System - Forbes

Our discussion of health care reform should start by compiling a set of bipartisan goals for an alternative health-care system: one in which everyone has access to affordable, fiscally stable, high-quality health care. Indeed, we have an example of such a system in Switzerland.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2011/04/29/why-switzerland-has-the-worlds-best-health-care-system/

Swiss Confederation

(in other official languages)
German	Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
French	Confédération suisse
Italian	Confederazione Svizzera
Latin	Cōnfoederātiō Helvētica
Romansh	Confederaziun svizra