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Federal state: Confoederatio Helvetica, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confédération Suisse, Confederatione Svizzera, Confederaziun Svizra
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Capital: Bern
Cantons (26): Argovie (AG), Appenzell R. E. (AR), Appenzell R. I. (AI), Bâle-Campagne (BL), Basel Sity (BS), Berne (BE), Fribourg/Freiburg (FR), Geneva (GE), Glarus (GL), Grisons/Grischun (GR), Jura (JU), Lucerne (LU), Neuchâtel (NE), Nidwald (NW), Obwald (OW), St. Gallen (SG), Schaffhouse (SH), Schwyz (SZ), Soleure (SO), Thurgovie (TG), Tessin/Tichino (TI), Uri (UR), Valais (VS), Vaud (VD), Zug (ZG), Zurich (ZH)

Surface: 41 293 km²
Inhabitant: 7 850 000
BIP Inhabitant: 52 879$/habitant
Federal constitution: 1848 (revisions 1874 and 1999)
Currency: Swiss franc = 100 cents
Population: density 183 inhabitants/km²
Official languages: German 64%, French 20%, Italian 8%, Romansh 0,5%
National holiday: 1st August
Time zone: UTC+1; UTC+2 (from March to October)
Phone prefix: 0041
Life expectancy: women 83.7; men 78.6
Adjoining lands: In the north: Germany (345km); in the west: France (572km); in the south: Italy (734km), in the east: Liechtenstein (41km) and Austria (165km)
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