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Also Known As Swiss Confederation
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Switzerland is a landlocked country at the intersection of Central, Western and Southern Europe. Bern serves as its de facto capital, since the constitution names none officially. The Federal Charter of 1291 is considered the founding document of the original confederacy, and the modern federal state took its present form with the 1848 Swiss Federal Constitution. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Bern 2
Population
9,154,242 2
Population Estimate Year
2026 2
Area (sq km)
41,291 2
Independence or Founding Year
1848 2
1848 is when the Swiss Federal Constitution gave the modern federal state its present form; the original confederacy's own founding document, the Federal Charter, dates to 1291.
Classification
Sovereignty Status
UN Member State 1
Switzerland

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Bern, Cities
Source Bern (Wikipedia)

Canton of Bern is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Vaud is a canton of Switzerland.

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Canton of Zurich is a canton of Switzerland.

Source Canton of Zurich (Wikipedia)
Lake Geneva, Bodies of Water

Lake Geneva lies on Switzerland's border with France.

Source Lake Geneva (Wikipedia)
Lausanne, Cities

Lausanne is the capital of the Swiss canton of Vaud, on the shore of Lake Geneva.

Source Wikipedia: Lausanne
Lausanne, Cities
Source Wikipedia: Lausanne
The Alps, Landforms
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Zurich, Cities

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland, capital of the canton of Zurich.

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Zurich, Cities
Source Wikipedia: Zurich

Bordered By Water

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Has Capital

Bern, Cities
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Rivers Through Territory

The Rhine begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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Hans Jenny (7 February 1899 – 9 January 1992) was a Swiss-born soil scientist and expert on pedology (the study of soil in its natural environment), particularly the processes of soil formation.

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Böcklin, Arnold (Swiss-German painter, 1827-1901)

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Lindtmayer, Daniel, II (Swiss glass painter, draftsman, and engraver, born 1552, died 1602-1607)

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Ambrosius Paul Speiser (November 13 1922, in Basel – May 10 2003, in Aarau) was a Swiss engineer and scientist.

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Babak Falsafi is a Swiss computer scientist specializing in computer architecture and digital platform design.

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Edouard "Ed" Bugnion is a Swiss computer science professor at EPFL and a co-founder of VMware.

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Tencalla was born in Bissone in southern Switzerland

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Born: Schaffhausen (Schaffhausen, Switzerland) (inhabited place)

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Born: Stans (Nidwalden, Switzerland) (inhabited place)

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Ferdinand Mongin de Saussure (; French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ də sosyʁ]; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist, semiotician and philosopher.

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The Amish ( , also or ; Pennsylvania German: Amisch), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins.

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is a common organizational principle in Swiss public life

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Founded in 1854, the Department of Architecture (D-ARCH) at ETH Zurich in Switzerland is an architecture school in Zürich, providing education in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and urban design.

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Zürich Hauptbahnhof, often shortened to Zürich HB or just HB, and known in English as Zurich Main Station, is the largest railway station in Switzerland and one of the busiest in Europe.

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The company was formed in 1988 from the merger of two electrical engineering companies, ASEA of Sweden and Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC) of Switzerland.

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Alcon is incorporated in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, and its global headquarters are located in Geneva, but its main operational base is in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, where it employs about 4,500 people.

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The Valle Mesolcina, also known as the Val Mesolcina or Misox (German), is an alpine valley of the Grisons, Switzerland, stretching from the San Bernardino Pass to Grono where it joins the Calanca Valley.

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1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
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2. Switzerland (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox
    2026 estimate 9,154,242
  • History section
    The state of Switzerland took its present form with the adoption of the Swiss Federal Constitution in 1848
  • Lead section
    The country originates from the Old Swiss Confederacy established in the Late Middle Ages as a defensive and commercial alliance; the Federal Charter of 1291 is considered the country's founding document.
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Wikidata: Switzerland
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Wikipedia: Lausanne
Wikipedia
  • Associated With: Lausanne
  • Associated With: Lausanne, Infobox
    Country: Switzerland
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Wikipedia: Zurich
Wikipedia
  • Associated With: Zurich
  • Associated With: Zurich, Infobox
    Country: Switzerland
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Lake Geneva (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Lake Geneva, Lead
    shared between Switzerland and France
  • Bordered By Water: Lake Geneva, Lead section
    Lake Geneva is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France.
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Alps (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Alps, Infobox
Quote, Associated With: The Alps, Infobox
The Alps are found in the following countries: Austria (28.7% of the range's area), Italy (27.2%), France (21.4%), Switzerland (13.2%), Germany (5.8%), Slovenia (3.6%), Liechtenstein (0.08%) and Monaco (0.001%).
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Bern (Wikipedia)
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  • Associated With: Bern, Infobox, Country
    Switzerland
  • Has Capital: Bern, Lead section
    Bern is Switzerland's de facto capital
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Rhine (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationRivers Through Territory: Rhine River, Lead section
Quote, Rivers Through Territory: Rhine River, Lead section
The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps.
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Canton of Bern (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Canton of Bern, Lead paragraph
Quote, Encompasses: Canton of Bern, Lead paragraph
Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the de facto capital of Switzerland.
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Canton of Zurich (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEncompasses: Canton of Zurich, Lead paragraph
Quote, Encompasses: Canton of Zurich, Lead paragraph
canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (canton) of Switzerland,
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Vaud (Wikipedia)
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