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'''Switzerland''' officially the Swiss Confederation, is a country situated in the confluence of Western, Central, and Southern [[Europe]]. It is a federal republic composed of 26 cantons, with federal authorities based in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bern Bern]. Switzerland is a landlocked country bordered by [[Italy]] to the south, [[Country:France|France]] to the west, [[Germany]] to the north, and [[Country:Austria|Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]] to the east. It is geographically divided among the Swiss Plateau, the Alps, and the Jura, spanning a total area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi), and land area of 39,997 km2 (15,443 sq mi).
While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8.5 million is concentrated mostly on the plateau, where the largest cities and economic centres are located, among them [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich Zürich], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva Geneva] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel Basel], where multiple international organisations are domiciled (such as FIFA, the UN's second-largest Office, and the Bank for International Settlements) and where the main international airports of Switzerland are.