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Zurich
most populous city in Switzerland and capital of the canton of Zurich
Details
- Instance of
- municipality of Switzerland, city of Switzerland, cantonal capital of Switzerland, college town, largest city, big city
- Inception
- 2nd century
- Located in
- Zurich District
- Continent
- Europe
- Capital of
- Canton of Zurich, Zurich District
- Present in work
- Civilization V
- Population
- 5675, 4750, 5080, 8621, 9590, 11110, 11452, 10734, 9715, 14243, 17040, 19758
- Area
- 87.88, 87.93
- Elevation
- 408 m
- category for films shot at this location
- Category:Films shot in Zurich
- category for maps or plans
- Category:Maps of Zürich
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Zürich
- category for people buried here
- Category:Burials in Zürich
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Zürich
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Zurich
- coextensive with
- Zurich District
- contains the administrative territorial entity
- District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7, District 8, District 9, District 10, District 11, District 12
- demonym
- Zuriquense, Zuriquense, Zurichoise, Zurichois
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyer’s Universum, Elfter Band
- different from
- Canton of Zurich, Zurich, Zurich District
- economy of topic
- economy of Zürich
- has list
- Q105840341, annual event in Zürich, list of high-rises in Zürich, list of museums in Zurich, list of people from Zürich
- head of government
- Corine Mauch, Elmar Ledergerber, Josef Estermann, Thomas Wagner, Sigmund Widmer, Emil Klöti, Robert Billeter, Hans Konrad Pestalozzi, Melchior Römer, Eduard Ziegler, Hans Georg Finsler, Johann Heinrich Landolt
- heritage designation
- Swiss townscape worthy of protection
- history of topic
- history of Zurich, timeline of Zürich history
- legislative body
- Zurich City Parliament
- list of monuments
- list of cultural properties in Zurich
- local dialing code
- 043, 044
- located in or next to body of water
- Lake Zurich, Limmat, Sihl, Katzensee, Glatt
- member of
- Climate Alliance, KlimaBündnis-Städte Schweiz, International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities
- native label
- Zürich
- office held by the head of government
- Mayor of Zürich
- official language
- German
- official name
- Zürich, Stadt Zürich
- open data portal
- Open data portal of the City of Zurich
- physically interacts with
- Züri Fäscht (2024)
- postal code
- 8000, 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8008, 8032, 8037, 8038, 8041
- related category
- Category:Streets in Zurich, Category:Squares in Zurich
- shares border with
- Adliswil, Dübendorf, Maur, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Schlieren, Stallikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon, Fällanden, Kilchberg
- social media followers
- 15063, 7060, 7820, 8760
- time of earliest written record
- 929
- topic's main category
- Category:Zurich
- topic's main Wikimedia portal
- Portal:Zürich
- twinned administrative body
- Kunming, San Francisco, Vinnytsia
- vehicle registration plate code
- ZH
Connected on Wikidata
Subject of
- timeline of Zürich history
- Ein Studentenauszug
- Eine freie Burg deutscher Wissenschaft
- Bock’s Schulbuch
- Der Strafarbeiter seiner selbst
- Gedächtnisfeier für Georg Büchner auf dem Germaniahügel bei Zürich
- Ein Eidgenössisches Schützenfest
- Ein Züricher Brief
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Zürich
- Das Schweizerische Landesmuseum in Zürich
- Das Zwingli-Denkmal in Zürich
- The New Student's Reference Work/Zürich
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