Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt (German: [Sachsen-Anhalt] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), (German pronunciation: [ˌzaksn̩ ˈʔanhalt] (
listen); Low German: Sassen-Anholt) is a Bundesland (state) in Germany. It has an area of 20,445.26 km2 (7,894.0 sq mi). 2,580,626 people live there. The capital is Magdeburg.
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| Coordinates: 51°58′N 11°28′E / 51.967°N 11.467°ECoordinates: 51°58′N 11°28′E / 51.967°N 11.467°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| Capital | Magdeburg |
| Government | |
| • Body | Landtag of Saxony-Anhalt |
| • Minister-President | Reiner Haseloff (CDU) |
| • Governing parties | CDU / SPD / FDP |
| • Bundesrat votes | 4 (of 69) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 20,451.58 km2 (7,896.40 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2018) | |
| • Total | 2,208,321 |
| • Density | 107.97801/km2 (279.66177/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | DE-ST |
| GRP (nominal) | €64 billion (2019)[1] |
| GRP per capita | €29,000 (2019) |
| NUTS Region | DEE |
| HDI (2018) | 0.908[2] very high · 16th of 16 |
| Website | sachsen-anhalt.de |
Some big cities and towns in Saxony-Anhalt are:
Saxony-Anhalt Media
- Aerial view of Magdeburg.jpg
Aerial view to the city centre of Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt's capital city
- Halleuniplatz.JPG
Saxony-Anhalt's second most populous city, Halle (Saale), is the seat of the state's largest university
- Wittenberg - Stadtbach in der Schlossstrasse (Town Stream in the Schlossstrasse) - geo.hlipp.de - 28216.jpg
Wittenberg was once one of the most important cities in Germany, especially for its close connection with Martin Luther
Map of Saxony-Anhalt showing the current district boundaries.
Coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt between 1946 and 1952
2021 Saxony-Anhalt state election - composition chart
Aerial view of the main campus in Magdeburg
Magdeburg - Capital city of Saxony-Anhalt - The Magdeburg Cathedral is the city's landmark.
- 2012-03 Halle 02 Marktplatz.jpg
Halle is the second-largest city in Saxony-Anhalt.
- Dessau marktplatz 01.jpg
Marktplatz in Dessau / marketplace of Dessau
References
- ↑ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt – in jeweiligen Preisen – 1991 bis 2019". statistik-bw.de. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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