Zurich | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-23

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00:02:47 1 Name
00:05:26 2 History
00:05:35 2.1 Early history
00:10:19 2.2 Old Swiss Confederacy
00:14:25 2.3 Modern history
00:17:40 2.4 Coat of arms
00:18:38 3 Politics
00:18:48 3.1 City districts
00:22:58 3.2 Government
00:25:17 3.3 Parliament
00:27:10 3.4 Elections
00:27:19 3.4.1 National Council
00:28:11 3.5 International relations
00:28:22 3.5.1 Twin towns and sister cities
00:28:40 4 Geography
00:30:11 4.1 Topography
00:33:40 4.2 Climate
00:40:05 4.3 Climate protection
00:41:11 4.4 Urban area
00:42:40 5 Transport
00:42:49 5.1 Public transport
00:46:11 5.2 Zurich Airport
00:47:01 5.3 Road traffic
00:47:40 5.4 Bicycle transport
00:50:41 6 Demographics
00:50:51 6.1 Population
00:52:09 6.2 Languages
00:54:12 6.3 Religion
00:57:58 6.4 Social
00:58:38 7 Main sites
00:59:18 7.1 Churches
01:03:02 7.2 Museums
01:07:09 7.3 Parks and nature
01:09:03 7.4 Architecture
01:10:29 7.5 World heritage sites
01:10:53 8 Economy
01:12:28 8.1 Contributory factors to economic strength
01:14:26 8.2 The Swiss stock exchange
01:16:11 9 Education and research
01:18:47 9.1 State universities by size in Canton Zürich
01:19:06 10 Media
01:19:43 10.1 Television and radio
01:21:29 10.2 Print media
01:22:39 11 Culture
01:26:30 11.1 Opera, ballet and theaters
01:28:53 11.2 Food
01:29:20 11.3 Nightlife and clubbing
01:30:40 12 Sports
01:32:51 12.1 Events
01:35:37 13 Notable people
01:35:47 14 Further reading
01:35:57 14.1 Architecture
01:37:12 14.2 Culture
01:38:02 14.3 Others
01:39:30 15 See also
01:39:46 16 Notes and references



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Zürich or Zurich ( ZEWR-ik; see below for other names) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. The municipality has approximately 409,000 inhabitants, the urban agglomeration 1.315 million and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million. Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and railway station are the largest and busiest in the country.
Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Romans, who, in 15 BC, called it Turicum. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years ago. During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant Reformation in Europe under the leadership of Huldrych Zwingli.The official language of Zürich is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect, Zürich German.
Many museums and art galleries can be found in the city, including the Swiss National Museum and the Kunsthaus. Schauspielhaus Zürich is one of the most important theatres in the German-speaking world.Zürich is a leading global city and among the world's largest financial centres despite having a relatively small population. The city is home to a large number of financial institutions and banking companies. Most of Switzerland's research and development centres are concentrated in Zürich and the low tax rates attract overseas companies to set up their headquarters there.
Monocle's 2012 "Quality of Life Survey" ranked Zürich first on a list of the top 25 cities in the world "to make a base within". According to several surveys from 2006 to 2008, Zürich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world as well as the wealthiest city in Europe in terms of GDP per capita.