Little presentation about Switzerland, its ba geography, culture, charecteristics, economy,

1. Switzerland 3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

3. Geography

4. Culture

5. Charercteristics

6. Economy

7. True orfalse3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

9. Bern: Switzerland’s capital city and the seat of the government.

10. Currency: Swiss Franc (CHF, 1 Franc = 100 Rappen).

11. Four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh.

12. Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world by per head gross domestic product of € 45.450.

13. Form of government: Direct democracy.3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

15. Switzerland’s three main geographical regions are the Jura, Plateau and the Alps.

16. Switzerland has over 1.500 lakes. The two largest are lake Geneva and Constance.

17. It measures 220 kilometers (137 miles) from north to south and 350 km (217 miles) from east to west.

18. The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland.3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

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20. Jura Makes up about 12 per cent of Switzerland’s surface area. Located on average 700 meters (2,300 feet) above sea level. 3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

21. Plateau It covers about 30 percent of the country`s surface area, but is home to two thirds of the population. 3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

22. Alps In the Alps, which cover a large part of the country, live just 10% of the total population. 3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

27. Characteristics 3/23/2011 Simon Vogt Swiss Guard Welcomingculture

32. The foreign policy of neutrality of Switzerland has been accepted by the Congress of Vienna.

33. "CH" for “Confoederatio Helvetica” as Country code, the Latin name for the Swiss Confederation.3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

36. Four of the hundred largest multinational corporations have their headquarters in Switzerland: Credit Suisse, Nestlé, Novartis, Roche

39. Switzerland is a member of all major international economic organizations (OECD, World Bank and WTO…)

40. Confidence in Swiss as financial center.

43. In Switzerland, there are just cows and ski lifts.

44. In Switzerland it is as cold as in Siberia.

45. Swiss bank accounts are only for millionaires.

46. Every Swiss has to learn in school how to yodel.

47. In Switzerland, there must be an air raid shelter in every house.

48. In Switzerland, women are allowed to vote since 1971.3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

49. Sources http://www.swissworld.org http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweiz http://www.ch.ch/schweiz/index.html?lang=de http://www.bfs.admin.ch/ http://www.1st-hotel-schweiz.de/schweiz-typisch.html http://swiss-bank-accounts.com/d/bankwesen/7mythen.html http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/DE/Aussenpolitik/Laender/Laenderinfos/Schweiz/Wirtschaft_node.html 3/23/2011 Simon Vogt

50. Thankyouverymuchforyourattention! 3/23/2011 Simon Vogt