Point | Information |
Country Name | Swiss Confederation |
Short Name | Switzerland |
Capital | None (de jure)
Bern (de facto) |
Largest city | Zürich |
Official languages | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
National Languages | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
Religion | 65.5% Christianity —35.8% Roman Catholic —23.8% Swiss Reformed —5.9% Other Christian, 26.3% Irreligious, 5.3% Islam, 1.6% Others, 1.3% Unknown |
Demonym(s) | English: Swiss, German: Schweizer(in), French: Suisse(sse), Italian: svizzero/svizzera, or elvetico/elvetica, Romansh: Svizzer/Svizra |
Government | Federal semi-direct democracy under a multi-party assembly-independent directorial republic |
President | Federal Council – Simonetta Sommaruga (President) |
Vice President | Federal Council – Guy Parmelin (Vice President) |
House Speaker | Isabelle Moret |
Chief Justice | Ulrich Meyer |
Total Area | 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) |
Water (%) | 4.2 |
Total Land Area (%) | 39,551 km2 |
Population | 8,570,146 (2019 estimate) |
GDP (PPP) | $584 billion (2020 estimate) |
GDP (Nominal) | $749 billion (2020 estimate) |
Currency | Swiss franc (CHF) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET)
Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) |
Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (AD) |
Mains Electricity | 230 V – 50 H |
Driving side | Right |
Calling code | +41 |
ISO 3166 code | CH |
Internet TLD | .ch, .swiss |
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Independence Day | 12 September 1848 |
Tallest Building | Roche Tower Prime Tower Basler Messeturm Sulzer Tower |
Richest Persons | Ernesto Bertarelli
Gianluigi and Rafaela Aponte Hansjoerg Wyss Magdalena Martullo-Blocher |
Top Website | Google.ch
Ubs.com Admin.ch Deepl.com |
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