Saxony

Free State of Saxony Freistaat Sachsen
State
Flag Coat of arms
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	220/km2 (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	DE-SN
GRP (nominal)	€128 billion (2019)[1]
GRP per capita	€31,000 (2019)
NUTS Region	DED
HDI (2018)	0.930[2] very high · 9th of 16
Website	sachsen.de

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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.

1. ↑ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt – in jeweiligen Preisen – 1991 bis 2019". statistik-bw.de. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
2. ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.