Dresden (region)

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Dresden
Map of Saxony highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Dresden
Country Germany
State Saxony
Region seat Dresden
Area
 • Total 7,931 km2 (3,062 sq mi)
Population (31 December 2010)[1]
 • Total 1,626,870
 • Density 210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Website www.rp-dresden.de
The Regierungsbezirk Dresden before August 2008

Dresden is one of the three Direktionsbezirke of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state. It coincides with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge.

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[edit] History

The Direktionsbezirk Dresden came into existence on 1 August 2008, and succeeded the Regierungsbezirk Dresden.

[edit] Administrative divisions

Kreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Bautzen
  2. Görlitz
  3. Meißen
  4. Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
  1. Dresden

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen jeweils am Monatsende ausgewählter Berichtsmonate nach Gemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen. 31 July 2011. http://www.statistik.sachsen.de/download/010_GB-Bev/Bev_Gemeinde.pdf. 

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 51°10′N 14°00′E / 51.17°N 14.0°E / 51.17; 14.0

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