Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
Sachsen-Anhalt | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 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 | 110/km2 (280/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 |
Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt, (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.
Some big cities and towns in Saxony-Anhalt are:
- Bitterfeld-Wolfen
- Dessau
- Halberstadt
- Halle
- Wittenberg
- Magdeburg (capital)
- Merseburg
- Naumburg (Saale)
- Quedlinburg
- Stendal
- Weißenfels
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.