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Freistaat Sachsen | |
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Anthem: Sachsenlied [de] | |
Coordinates: 51°1′37″N 13°21′32″E / 51.02694°N 13.35889°E / 51.02694; 13.35889 | |
Country | Germany |
Capital | Dresden |
Government | |
• Body | Landtag of the Free State of Saxony |
• Minister-President | Michael Kretschmer (CDU) |
• Governing parties | CDU / Greens / SPD |
• Bundesrat votes | 4 (of 69) |
Area | |
• Total | 18,415.66 km2 (7,110.33 sq mi) |
Population (31 December 2018) | |
• Total | 4,077,937 |
• Density | 221.43855/km2 (573.52320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
ISO 3166 code | DE-SN |
GRP (nominal) | €128 billion (2019) |
GRP per capita | €31,000 (2019) |
NUTS Region | DED |
HDI (2018) | 0.930 very high · 9th of 16 |
Website | sachsen.de |
Saxony (German: Sachsen [ˌzaksn̩] ( listen); Upper Sorbian: Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen [ˈfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈzaksn̩], Upper Sorbian: Swobodny stat Sakska), is one of 16 states of Germany. It is in the southeast of the country, north of Czech Republic. To the east of Saxony is Poland. The biggest city is Leipzig. The capital is called Dresden. It was founded in 1990.