Freestate of Saxony
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Free State of Saxony Freistaat Sachsen (de) Swobodny stat Sakska (hsb) |
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| State of Germany | |||
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| Anthem: Sachsenlied | |||
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| Coordinates: 51°1′37″N 13°21′32″E / 51.02694°N 13.35889°E | |||
| Country | Germany | ||
| Capital | Dresden | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Landtag of the Free State of Saxony | ||
| • Minister-President | Michael Kretschmer (CDU) | ||
| • Governing parties | CDU / SPD | ||
| • Bundesrat votes | 4 (of 69) | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 18,415.66 km2 (7,110.33 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2016-12-31) | |||
| • Total | 4,081,783 | ||
| • Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| ISO 3166 code | DE-SN | ||
| GDP/ Nominal | €113/ $125 billion (2015) | ||
| GDP per capita | €28,000/ $31,000 (2015) | ||
| NUTS Region | DED | ||
| Website | sachsen.de | ||
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| Significant foreign born populations | |
| Nationality | Population (2017) |
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 Syria
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17,509 |
 Russia
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9,914 |
 Vietnam
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7,902 |
 Ukraine
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6,358 |
 Afghanistan
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6,123 |
 China
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5,940 |
 Romania
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5,329 |
 Iraq
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5,067 |
 Czech Republic
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4,638 |
 Hungary
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4,621 |
 India
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4,485 |
 Turkey
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4,268 |
 Pakistan
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3,276 |
 Italy
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3,260 |
The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen [ˈfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈzaksn̩]; Upper Sorbian: Swobodny stat Sakska) is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland (Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships) and the Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions). Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.
Saxony is the 10th-largest of Germany's 16 states, with an area of 18,413 square kilometres (7,109 sq mi), and the sixth-most populous, with 4 million people.
The history of the state of Saxony spans more than a millennium. It has been a medieval duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom, and twice a republic.
The area of the modern state of Saxony should not be confused with Old Saxony, the area inhabited by Saxons. Old Saxony corresponds roughly to the modern German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and the Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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