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Zürich ( , Zürich German: Züri , , in English generally Zurich, ) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 437,145 in 2005; population of urban area is some 1.3 million) and capital of the canton of Zürich. The city is Switzerland's main commercial and cultural center (the political capital of Switzerland being Bern), and is widely considered to be one of the world's global cities. According to several surveys in 2006[1] and 2007[2], Zurich was named the city with the best quality of life in the world.