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Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3544 words) |
 | Switzerland borders Germany to the north, France to the west, Italy to the south, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. |
| Switzerland is a federation of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of confederacy that goes back more than 700 years, arguably putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics. |
| Switzerland comprises three basic topographical areas: the Swiss Alps, the Swiss plateau, and the Jura mountains.The Alps are a high mountain range running across the central-south of the country. |
| Switzerland - definition of Switzerland in Encyclopedia (1798 words) |
| Switzerland is not a member state of the EU, but has been (together with Liechtenstein) surrounded by EU territory since the joining of Austria in 1995. |
| Switzerland is a prosperous and stable modern market economy with a per capita GDP higher than that of the big western European economies. |
| Switzerland has four official languages: German (64%; yellow) in the north and centre, French (19%; purple) to the west, Italian (8%; green) in the south, and finally Romansh, a Romance language spoken by a small minority (<1%; red) in the southeastern canton of GraubÞnden. |
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