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Switzerland Country Data

Area: total: 41,290 sq km
land: 39,770 sq km
water: 1,520 sq km

Climate: temperate, but varies with altitude cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers

Terrain: mostly mountains [Alps in south, Jura in northwest] with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes

Natural resources: hydropower potential, timber, salt

Population: 7,581,520 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.8% [male 623,213/female 577,430]
15-64 years: 68.2% [male 2,605,044/female 2,562,354]
65 years and over: 16% [male 501,699/female 711,780] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: Swiss [singular and plural]
adjective: Swiss

Ethnic groups: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%

Languages: German [official] 63.7%, French [official] 20.4%, Italian [official] 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch [official] 0.5%, other 2.8% [2000 census]
note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages

Capital: name: Bern
geographic coordinates: 46 57 N, 7 26 E
time difference: UTC+1 [6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time]
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March ends last Sunday in October

National holiday: Founding of the Swiss Confederation, 1 August [1291]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1.5%
industry: 34%
services: 64.5% [2003 est.]

Labor force: 3.95 million [2007 est.]

Budget: revenues: $149.5 billion
expenditures: $143.1 billion [2007 est.]

Agriculture - products: grains, fruits, vegetables meat, eggs

Industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, and insurance

Exports: $202.8 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Exports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products

Exports - partners: Germany 19.7%, US 11.1%, Italy 8.8%, France 8.6%, UK 4.8% [2006]

Imports: $184.9 billion f.o.b. [2007 est.]

Imports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals agricultural products, textiles

Imports - partners: Germany 31.7%, Italy 10.6%, France 10%, US 6.2%, Netherlands 4.7%, Austria 4.3% [2006]

Currency (code): Swiss franc [CHF]

Exchange rates: Swiss francs per US dollar - 1.1973 [2007], 1.2539 [2006], 1.2452 [2005], 1.2435 [2004], 1.3467 [2003]

Airports: 65 [2007]

Railways: total: 4,839 km
standard gauge: 3,561 km 1.435-m gauge [3,195 km electrified]
narrow gauge: 1,268 km 1.000-m gauge [1,274 km electrified] 10 km 0.800-m gauge [10 km electrified] [2006]

Merchant marine: total: 32 ships [1000 GRT or over] 577,765 GRT/918,974 DWT
by type: bulk carrier 13, cargo 8, chemical tanker 4, container 6, specialized tanker 1
registered in other countries: 121 [Antigua and Barbuda 5, Bahamas 2, Cyprus 3, France 3, Indonesia 3, Italy 5, Liberia 11, Malta 22, Marshall Islands 14, Panama 26, Paraguay 1, Portugal 2, Russia 6, Singapore 2, St Vincent and The Grenadines 12, Tonga 1, UK 1, Vanuatu 2] [2007]

Ports and terminals: Basel

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Targeted Countries: Switzerland USA

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