Zürich

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Zurich (in German Zürich) is a city in Switzerland. Zurich is also a canton in Switzerland.

Zurich is the biggest city in Switzerland. The city has about 366.000 inhabitants. It is at the north end of the Lake of Zurich. The city Zurich is placed in the "canton Zurich". The canton Zurich is the biggest canton of Switzerland, by population. Over 1,220,000 people live there. (About 1 million people live in the agglomeration of the city). The city was founded (first built) by the Romans. The Canton joined Switzerland in 1351.

In the city Zürich, most of the people work in the commerce sector of the economy. There are many banks in Zürich. The headquarter of the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) is also in Zürich.



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Cantons of Switzerland
Aargau - Appenzell Innerrhoden - Appenzell Ausserrhoden - Basel-Stadt - Basel-Landschaft - Bern - Fribourg - Geneva - Glarus - Graubünden - Jura - Lucerne - Neuchâtel - Nidwalden - Obwalden - Schaffhausen - Schwyz - Solothurn - St. Gallen - Thurgau - Ticino - Uri - Valais - Vaud - Zug - Zürich