Switzerland
Position: Central Europe
Position: Central Europe
| International name: | Switzerland |
| Local name: | Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera |
| AREA ................................................ | 41.290 kmq |
| POPULATION .................................. | 7.450.867 in. |
| DENSITY ......................................... | 180,5 in/kmq |
| CAPITAL .......................................... | Bern |
| LANGUAGES .................................... | German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch 0.5%, other 2.8% |
| RELIGIONS ...................................... | Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census) |
| CURRENCY ...................................... | Swiss franc (CHF) |
| GDP per CAPITA ............................. | 33040 $ (2004) |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,663 (7th place) |
| LOWEST POINT ............................... | Lake Maggiore 195 m |
| HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Dufourspitze 4634 m |
| INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 1 August 1291 (founding of the Swiss Confederation) |
| INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Federal Republic |
| WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .ch |
| COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +41 |
Central Europe country
| Bern | 21/11/2024 | 22:31 | ( GMT+1 ) |
Courtesy from CIA World Factbook