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Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt
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| Anthem: Lied für Sachsen-Anhalt (German) "Song for Saxony-Anhalt" | |
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| Coordinates: 52°00′N 11°42′E / 52.000°N 11.700°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) |
| • Bundestag seats | 18 (of 736) |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,451.7 km2 (7,896.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,186,643 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €75.436 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | €34,505 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | DE-ST |
| NUTS Region | DEE |
| HDI (2018) | 0.917[4] very high · 16th of 16 |
| Website | sachsen-anhalt.de |
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Saxony-Anhalt (German: Sachsen-Anhalt [ˌzaksn̩ ˈʔanhalt] ; Low German: Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of 20,451.7 square kilometres (7,896.4 sq mi)[1] and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants,[2] making it the 8th-largest state in Germany by area and the 11th-largest by population. Its capital is Magdeburg, its most populous city, however, is Halle (Saale).[5]
The state of Saxony-Anhalt was formed in July 1945 after World War II, when the Soviet army administration in Allied-occupied Germany formed it from the former Prussian Province of Saxony and the Free State of Anhalt. Saxony-Anhalt became part of the German Democratic Republic in 1949, but was dissolved in 1952 during administrative reforms and its territory was divided into the districts of Halle and Magdeburg. Following German reunification, the state of Saxony-Anhalt was re-established in 1990 and became one of the new states of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Saxony-Anhalt is renowned for its rich cultural heritage and possesses the highest concentration of UNESCO World Heritage sites in Germany.
- ^ a b "Tabellen Bodenfläche". Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. Archived from the original on 20 November 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden – Stand: 31. Dezember 2022" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen-Anhalt. June 2023.
- ^ "Bruttoinlandsprodukt, Bruttowertschöpfung | Statistikportal.de". Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder | Gemeinsames Statistikportal (in German). Retrieved 31 July 2023.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ "Census Population". zensus2022.de. Federal Office for statistics. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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