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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps and the Jura; the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, whereas most of the country's population of 9 million are concentrated on the plateau, which hosts its largest cities and economic centres, including Zürich, Geneva, and Basel.

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Switzerland is the birthplace of the

international institutions, including the WTO, the WHO, the ILO, FIFA, and the UN. It is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), but not part of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area, or the eurozone; however, it participates in the European single market and the Schengen Area. Switzerland is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in Bern

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Switzerland is one of the world's most developed countries, with the highest nominal

democratic governance. Cities such as Zürich, Geneva and Basel rank among the highest in terms of quality of life, albeit with some of the highest costs of living. (Full article...

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Headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland

Asia Pacific markets, the Financial Stability Board considers it a global systemically important bank

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Apart from private banking, UBS provides
a global investment bank and is considered a primary market maker. The bank also maintains numerous underground bank vaults, bunkers and storage facilities for gold bars around the Swiss Alps and internationally. Partly due to its banking secrecy, it has been at the centre of numerous tax avoidance investigations undertaken by U.S., French, German, Israeli and Belgian authorities. UBS operations in Switzerland and the United States were respectively ranked first and second on the 2018 Financial Secrecy Index. (Full article...
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Sutsilvan, Grischun in the other forms of Romansh, and Grigioni in Italian. Rhaetia is the Latin name for the area. The Alpine ibex
is the canton's heraldic symbol.
The largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland, it is also one of the three large southern Alpine cantons, along with Valais and Ticino. It is the most diverse canton in terms of natural and cultural geography, as it encompasses both sides of the Alps and several natural and cultural regions. The diversity of the canton is often compared to that of Switzerland as a whole and warrants it the name of "Little Switzerland". The Grisons is bordered by four cantons as well as Austria, Italy and Liechtenstein. (Full article...)

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Image 1Silvesterklaus in Urnäsch (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 2League of Nations conference in Geneva (1926). (from History of Switzerland)

Image 3Rhaetian Railway (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 4Lavaux vineyards (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 5Religious geography in 1800 (orange: Protestant, green: Catholic). (from History of Switzerland)

Image 6Opening speech by president Pascal Couchepin at the World Economic Forum, one of the many international organizations based in Switzerland (from History of Switzerland)

Image 7Farmer families, dressed in traditional clothing, guiding cattle down from the Swiss Alps. (from Culture of Switzerland)

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Einsiedeln abbey (from Culture of Switzerland
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Image 9Old wooden houses in Zinal (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 10The
Dukes of Savoy (Diebold Schilling the Elder, 1480s). (from History of Switzerland
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Image 11Unspunnenfest in 1808 (from Culture of Switzerland)

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Three Castles of Bellinzona (from Culture of Switzerland
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Image 13Common hiking signs (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 14Leonhard Euler (1707–83), one of the most prominent scientists in the Age of Enlightenment (from History of Switzerland)

Image 15A map of Switzerland during the Roman period (from History of Switzerland)

Image 16
Benedictine Convent of Saint John (from Culture of Switzerland
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Image 17Although there is reasonable doubt whether William Tell ever lived at all, the legend itself had a great impact on the history and culture of Switzerland (statue in Altdorf) (from Culture of Switzerland)

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Old City of Bern (from Culture of Switzerland
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Image 19
Gotthard line in 1882 (from History of Switzerland
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Image 20Some of the traditional symbols of Switzerland: the
Swiss flag, the alphorn and the snow-capped Alps (from Culture of Switzerland
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Image 21Abbey of Saint Gall (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 22Switzerland's mountainous terrain helps to store gold in underground bunkers. (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 23Immeuble Clarté by Le Corbusier in Geneva (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 24La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle (from Culture of Switzerland)

Image 25Divico and Julius Caesar after the Battle of Bibracte (from History of Switzerland)

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Landwasserviadukt (from Culture of Switzerland
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (from Culture of Switzerland
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The mark of Pierre Rossier's photographic studio in Fribourg
Einsiedeln, and he also produced images elsewhere in the country. Rossier is an important figure in the early history of photography not only because of his own images, but also because of the critical impact of his teaching in the early days of Japanese photography. (Full article...
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