August 6th, 2010 by admin
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Lausanne (French pronunciation: [loˈzan] is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Leman (French: Lac Léman). It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west. Lausanne is located 62 km (39 mi) northeast of Geneva.
The population of the city is over 134,000, with the entire agglomeration area having 400,000 inhabitants. The Metropolitan Area of Lausanne-Geneva is over [...] Continue Reading…
August 6th, 2010 by admin
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Horw (Swiss-German: Horb) is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Horw has an area of 12.8 square kilometers (4.9 sq mi). Of this area, 32.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 42.5% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 24.2% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.7%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).[3] In the 1997 land survey[update], 42.42% of the total land area was forested. Of the agricultural land, 30.54% is used for farming or pastures, while 1.94% [...] Continue Reading…
August 5th, 2010 by admin
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Grimentz lies at an altitude of 1570 meters in the Valaisian Val d’Anniviers. It is a veritable picture-book village, famous for its granaries, which have been nearly burnt black by the sun and the innumerable fiery red geraniums in the window boxes.
The picturesque Valaisian village of Grimentz belongs to the municipality of Anniviers in the eponymous valley. A tour of the village reveals all of its charms. The Burgher House from the 15th century forms the center of the village. By the [...] Continue Reading…
July 28th, 2010 by admin
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Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Central Plateau and the Jura. Its area is 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). The Swiss population of approximately 7.8 million people concentrates mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found. Among them are the two global cities and economic centres of Zürich and Geneva.
July 28th, 2010 by admin
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China is seen variously as an ancient civilization extending over a large area in East Asia, a nation and/or a multinational entity.
China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations and is regarded as the oldest continuous civilization. Prior to the nineteenth century, it possessed one of the most advanced society and economy in the world through successive dynasties though it subsequently missed the industrial revolution and began to decline. In the 19th and 20th century, imperialism, internal weakness and civil wars damaged the country and its economy and led [...] Continue Reading…
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