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Name
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Confoederatio Helvetica
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Capital
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Bern
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Time
(Winter/Summer)
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CET (UTC+1)/
CEST (UTC+2)
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Area, sq km
(total/land/water)
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41,290/
39,770/
1,520
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Languages
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German 63.7%;
French 20.4%;
Italian 6.5%;
Serbo-Croatian 1.5%;
Albanian 1.3%;
Portuguese 1.2%;
Spanish 1.1%;
English 1%;
Romansch 0.5%;
other 2.8%
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Major cities
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Zürich 371,767;
Geneva 185,526;
Basel 172,120;
Berne 127,000;
Lausanne 128,302;
Winterthur 92,963
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Population
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7,554,661
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Birth/Death rate,
per thousand
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9.66/
8.51
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Dialing Code
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+41
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Telephones
(landlines/mobiles)
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5.123 million/
6.847 million
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Domain extension
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.ch
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Internet
(hosts/users)
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2.443 million/
5.098 million
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Currency
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Swiss franc (CHF)
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GDP
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$386.1 billion
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Unemployment
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3.3%
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Inflation
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1.2%
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