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Switzerland

Capital: Bern

  • Switzerland has four official languages. About 62 percent of people speak German, 23 percent French, 8 percent Italian, and 0.5 percent Romansh.
  • The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland is 57.1 km long, the world's longest railway tunnel. It opened in 2016 and runs beneath the Alps.
  • The first solid milk chocolate was invented in Switzerland in 1875, and chocolate is a major national industry.
  • The Matterhorn is about 4,478 metres high. Edward Whymper's party made the first ascent on 14 July 1865.

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