Switzerland
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 First Italo-Swiss Bahá’í Summer School in Bex-les-Bains, Switzerland, 1954.
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| Location of Switzerland
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| National Assembly | Switzerland | |
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| Total Population | ||
| - | UN 2021[1] | 8,691,406 |
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| - | Non-Bahá'í source | 4,291 |
| History: Firsts |
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| - | 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.
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- ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
