Switzerland

Switzerland
First Italo-Swiss Bahá’í Summer School in Bex-les-Bains, Switzerland, 1954.
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National Assembly		Switzerland
Statistics:
Total Population
-	UN 2021	8,691,406
Bahá'í pop.
-	Bahá'í source
-	Non-Bahá'í source	4,291
History: Firsts
-	National Assembly	1953, with Italy 1962, independent
Official Website		http://www.bahai.ch/
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Categories: Switzerland • People

Switzerland (Schweiz, Suisse) is a country in the Alp mountains of central Europe. It is a federation of cantons (Cantoni Helvetii), which in some respects are very diverse, but which are united by a historic desire to manage their own affairs rather than be part of someone else's empire or kingdom. A large part of Switzerland speaks in local dialects of German, but in the south-west it is French which is spoken instead, and in the south-east some valleys speak Italian dialects and a few speak Romansch, which is a survival of the old language of this part of the world.

Some cantons are highly industrialised, while others are strictly mountainous and the population survives on low-technology agriculture.

See also

• All articles about Switzerland
• National Spiritual Assembly of Switzerland