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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Where is Davos, Switzerland?


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Davos, SWITZERLAND - January 27, 2011, the second largest city in Switzerland is located on the northeastern side of Switzerland close to Austria. In 2009 its permanent population was 11,248. It is located on the Landwasser River in the Swiss Apps. It is the highest city in Europe.

Davos is host to the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual meeting of global political and business elites (often referred to simply as Davos) and the home of one of Switzerland's biggest ski resorts.

The demographics are described as primarily foreign nationals (born outside of the area; and, most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (86.3%), with Serbo-Croatian being second most common ( 2.8%) and Italian being third ( 2.7%).

Serbo-Croatian is a language spoken predominantly in Yugoslavia and Macedonia.

Information courtesy of Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davos

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