Central German Metropolitan Region

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Central German Metropolitan Region

Region within Germany (pink)
Country  Germany
States  Saxony
 Saxony-Anhalt
 Thuringia
Area
 • Metro 2,000 km2 (800 sq mi)
Population (2008)[1]
 • Metro 2,400,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Website http://www.region-mitteldeutschland.com/en/

The Central German Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland in German) is one of eleven metropolitan regions in Germany. It extends over parts of the German states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia (near Berlin), the capital city of Germany, and approximately 170 km north of Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. The largest of the 11 member cities are Dresden and Leipzig in Saxony, Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt and Erfurt in Thuringia. The member cities total 2.4 million people.

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References [edit]

  1. ^ deutsche-metropolregionen.org (PDF), BBR, Monitoring-Bericht 2010.

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Coordinates: 51°N 13°E / 51°N 13°E / 51; 13