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Torgau

Western Europe

Torgau is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany, and the capital of the district of Nordsachsen.

Facts
Population
19,855 1
Area (sq km)
102.53 1
Founding Year
973 2
Population Estimate Year
2025 1
Elevation (m)
78 1
Latitude
51.560278 degrees north 1
Longitude
13.005556 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Torgau (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 19,855 (2025)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.560278, longitude 13.005556
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 78 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 102.53 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 19855 (2025)
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2. Wikidata: Torgau
  • Wikidata Q12062, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q12062 P1249, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
    P1249 value year 973
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3. GeoNames: Torgau - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2821807
    51.56016 12.99617 P PPLA3 DE 13 00 14730 14730310 18746 89 Europe/Berlin
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 89 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 13.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, 13.25
51.75 13.25 Cfb
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Torgau (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
    [ˈtɔʁɡaʊ] ) is a town on the banks of the Elbe in northwestern Saxony, Germany
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