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Switzerland » Zurich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zurich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial centre, and is widely considered to be one of the world's global cities. The origin of the name is most likely the Celtic word Turus, a corroborating reference to which was found on a tomb inscription dating from the Roman occupation in the second century AD. The Roman name for the town was Turicum and in the local dialect Zurich German. The city is situated where the river Limmat leaves Lake Zurich and is surrounded by wooded hills including the Zurichberg and the Uetliberg. The river Sihl meets with the Limmat at the end of Platzspitz, which borders the Swiss National Museum (Landesmuseum). 
The success of the Greater Zurich Economic Area as one of the most important in the world is probably due to more than one factor. The very low tax rate and the posibilty for foreign companies and private persons to optimize their tax burden by personalized tax agreement with the Tax Authorities is surely one of the key points - a practice that often brings conflicts with Switzerland's neighbours in Europe, who don't like this type of successful and aggressive strategy for establishing European headquarters or service centers by known global economic players (e.g. IBM, Google, Pfizer). The fact that Switzerland doesn't have an inheritance tax is also an important factor for rich private persons.
Zurich is a leading financial center and has repeatedly been proclaimed the global city with the best quality of life anywhere in the world. The Greater Zurich Area is Switzerlands economic center and home to a vast number of international companies. Zurich's international population with its multilingualism is also considerable. So statistic show that in the productive sector of the city 60% talks German, 43% English, 30% French, 13% Italian.
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