Switzerland: all about this country and its main places!

General Information About Switzerland

Education

You can find famous universities here like ETH Zurich, University of Zurich, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Basel, University of Geneva. The inhabitants stay 14 years in school (tertiary education included).

Economy

The currency ISO code is CHF and the currency symbol is CHF. You need to pay 6.50CHF (that corresponds to $6.71 USD) for a Big Mac at McDonald's ©. The GDP in 2021 was $800,640,155,387 USD, making it the 20# country in the world.

Culture

You can find some UNESCO listed places: Old City of Berne, Abbey of St Gall, Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair, Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch. Example of famous dishes in this country: Cervelat,Fondue, Rösti.

Population

38.40 years is the median age in this country and the birth growth rate is at 0.18%. There are 8,364,100 people here, or 0.112% of the world's population.

Geography

41,284 km² make up the entire country, they use a postcode system and the key cities are: Zürich, Genève, Basel, Bern, Winterthur. The capital of this country is Bern and the country has a border with Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany. People from this country speak these languages: French, Swiss German, Italian, Romansh.

Good to know

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland is a good place to find out more details on this country. Phone numbers start with +41, the country's websites have the domain name ".ch", the ISO code is CH

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