Saxony

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**The Free State of Saxony**
Freistaat Sachsen
Swobodny Stata Sakska
Map

Position of Saxony within Germany
Flag and Arms

Flag	Coat of arms
Basic facts
capital:	Dresden
area:	18,416 km² (7,110 sq mi)
population: - (as of November 2006)	4252000
Pop density:	230.9 per km²
Politics
Ruling party:	CDU/ SPD
Minister President:	Stanislaw Tillich
Website
http://sachsen.de

The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen Sorbian: Swobodny Stata Sakska), is one of 16 states of Germany. It is located in south-east, north of Czech Republic. The biggest city is Leipzig. The capital is called Dresden.

[change] Cities and towns

City	District	Population 31.12.2000	Population 31.12.2006
Leipzig	Leipzig (city)	493 208	506 260
Dresden	Dresden (city)	477 807	504 635
Chemnitz	Chemnitz (city)	259 246	245.739
Zwickau	Zwickau (city)	103 008	96 878
Plauen	Plauen (city)	71 543	68 317
Görlitz	Görlitz (city)	61 599	57 201
Hoyerswerda	Hoyerswerda (city)	50 203	41 515
Freiberg	Freiberg Rural District	45 428	42 772
Bautzen	Bautzen Rural District	43 353	41 766
Pirna	Sächsische Schweiz Rural District	42 108	39 748
Freital	Weißeritzkreis Rural District	40 129	39 059
Riesa	Riesa-Großenhain Rural District	39 367	36 145
Radebeul	Meißen Rural District	32 246	33 205
Meißen	Meißen Rural District	29 398	28 091
Limbach-Oberfrohna	Chemnitzer Land Rural District	27 552	26 591
Zittau	Löbau-Zittau Rural District	27 454	24 892
Glauchau	Chemnitzer Land Rural District	27 285	25 744
Delitzsch¹	Delitzsch Rural District	26 331	27 448
Weißwasser/O.L.	Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis	26 107	21 797
Werdau	Zwickauer Land Rural District	26 077	23 976
Annaberg-Buchholz	Annaberg Rural District	24 495	22 817
Coswig	Meißen Rural District	24 035	22 365
Reichenbach im Vogtland	Vogtlandkreis Rural District	23 469	22 164
Crimmitschau	Zwickauer Land Rural District	23 305	22 330
Markkleeberg	Leipziger Land Rural District	23 157	23 718
Döbeln	Döbeln Rural District	23 128	21 356
Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.	Aue-Schwarzenberg Rural District	20 201	18 517
Auerbach/Vogtl.²	Vogtlandkreis Rural District	20 042	21 246
Borna³	Leipziger Land Rural District	20 010	22 657

[change] Districts

(The car licence plate of the areas are in brackets)

22 districts:

Annaberg (ANA) (2)
Aue-Schwarzenberg (ASZ) (2)
Bautzen (BZ) (1)
Chemnitzer Land (GC) (2)
Delitzsch (DZ) (3)
Döbeln (DL) (3)
Freiberg (FG) (2)
Kamenz (KM) (1)
Leipziger Land (L) (3)
Löbau-Zittau (ZI) (1)
Meißen (MEI) (1)
Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis (MEK) (2)
Mittweida (MW) (2)
Muldentalkreis (MTL) (3)
Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis (NOL) (1)
Riesa-Großenhain (RG) (1)
Sächsische Schweiz (PIR) (1)
Stollberg (STL) (2)
Torgau-Oschatz (TO) (3)
Vogtlandkreis (V) (2)
Weißeritzkreis (DW) (1)
Zwickauer Land (Z) (2)

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