Canton of Zurich

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The swiss canton of Zurich (in german Zürich) has a population of some 1.2 million. Its capital is the City of Zurich.

Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Geography 2 Political substructures 3 Legislative Power 4 Executive Power 4.1 Link

Geography

The canton of Zurich is situated on the northern side of the Alps. Its neighbouring cantons are Schaffhausen[?] to the north, Aargau to the west, the cantons of Zug and Schwyz[?] to the south and the cantons of Thurgau[?] and St.Gallen[?] to the east. Most of Lake Zurich is located within the canton.

Political substructures

The Canton is divided into 171 communities in 12 districts:

• Zurich consisting of the City of Zurich only
• Affoltern[?]
• Andelfingen[?]
• Bülach[?]
• Dielsdorf
• Dietikon[?]
• Hinwil[?]
• Horgen[?]
• Meilen[?]
• Pfäffikon[?]
• Uster[?]
• Winterthur[?]

Legislative Power

The parliament has 200 members elected every four years

Executive Power

The cabinet with 7 members.

Link

• Official site, in German (http://www.zh.ch/)