Central German Metropolitan Region

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Central German Metropolitan Region

Region within Germany
Country  Germany
States  Saxony
 Saxony-Anhalt
 Thuringia
Area
 • Metro 2,000 km2 (800 sq mi)
Population (2008)[1]
 • Metro 6,900,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Website http://www.region-mitteldeutschland.com/en/
Aerial view of Leipzig

The Central German Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland in German) is a metropolitan region in Germany, consisting of the cities: Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig and Zwickau in Saxony; Dessau-Roßlau, Halle and Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt; Erfurt, Gera, Jena and Weimar in Thuringia. The population is about 2,400,000 in 11 cities. [2]

The Central German Metropolitan Region is near Berlin, the capital city of Germany, and approximately 170 km north of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.

Contents

[edit] Cities

[edit] Regional centres

[edit] References

  1. ^ deutsche-metropolregionen.org (PDF), BBR, Monitoring-Bericht 2010.
  2. ^ region-mitteldeutschland.com, Region Mitteldeutschland.

[edit] External links
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Coordinates: 51°N 13°E / 51°N 13°E / 51; 13

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