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Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt
Sachsen-Anhalt (German)
State of Germany
Flag of Saxony-Anhalt
Flag
Coat of arms of Saxony-Anhalt
Coat of arms
Deutschland Lage von Sachsen-Anhalt.svg
Coordinates: 51°58′16″N 11°28′12″E / 51.97111°N 11.47000°E / 51.97111; 11.47000
Country Germany
Capital Magdeburg
Government
 • Minister-President Reiner Haseloff (CDU)
 • Governing parties CDU / SPD / Greens
 • Bundesrat votes 4 (of 69)
Area
 • Total 20,451.58 km2 (7,896.40 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 2,245,470
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
ISO 3166 code DE-ST
GDP/ Nominal €56 billion (2014)
GDP per capita €24,000 (2014)
NUTS Region DEE
Website sachsen-anhalt.de

Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt, pronounced [ˌzaksn̩ ˈanhalt]) is a landlocked federal state of Germany surrounded by the federal states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony and Thuringia.

Its capital is Magdeburg and its largest city is Halle (Saale). Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of 20,447.7 square kilometres (7,894.9 sq mi) and has a population of 2.34 million.

Saxony-Anhalt should not be confused with Saxony or Lower Saxony, also German states.

Saxony-Anhalt is one of 16 Bundesländer (see German: Bundesland) of Germany. It is located in the western part of eastern Germany. By size, it is the 8th largest state in Germany and by population it is the 10th largest.

It borders four fellow Bundesländer: Lower Saxony to the north-west, Brandenburg to the north-east, Saxony to the south-east, and Thuringia to the south-west.

In the north, the Saxony-Anhalt landscape is dominated by plain (North German Plain). The old Hanseatic towns Salzwedel, Gardelegen, Stendal, and Tangermünde are located in the sparsely populated Altmark. The Colbitz-Letzlingen Heath and the Drömling near Wolfsburg mark the transition between the Altmark region and the Elbe-Börde-Heath region with its fertile, sparsely wooded Magdeburg Börde. Notable towns in the Magdeburg Börde are Haldensleben, Oschersleben (Bode), Wanzleben, Schönebeck (Elbe), Aschersleben and the capital Magdeburg, from which the Börde derives its name.


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