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Click to see country in continent: Switzerland
Capital: Bern Population: 7.5mln Surface: 41,290 sq km Languages:
Swiss French, Swiss German, Italian, Romansch
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The legendary Swiss patriot, William Tell, was according to legend defying an Austrian bailiff, and was as punishment ordered to shoot an apple off his small son's head. Although he succeeded hitting the apple instead of the head, he was held prisoner by Austrian authority when he revealed that had he failed, he had planned to kill the bailiff with an arrow he had hidden on his person. Tell escaped and eventually shot the bailiff from ambush at Küssnacht, and by that setting off a revolt
Exact population: 7,523,934 (July 2006 est.) Literacy: Total population: 99% (1980 est.); male: NA%; female: NA% Ethnicities: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6% Land boundaries: Total: 1,852 km; border countries: Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km Terrain: Mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes Extremes: Lowest point: Lake Maggiore 195 m; highest point: Dufourspitze 4,634 m Imports: Germany 32.8%, Italy 11.3%, France 9.9%, US 5.2%, Netherlands 5%, Austria 4.3% (2004) Exports: Germany 20.2%, US 10.5%, France 8.7%, Italy 8.3%, UK 5.1%, Spain 4% (2004) Industries: Machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments
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