States or Territories

Saxony

State

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Saxony." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/saxony.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Saxony. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/saxony

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-saxony,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Saxony},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/states/saxony},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Bavaria, as well as Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Its 2023 population was 4,089,467 across an area of 18,449.89 square kilometers.

Facts

Capital

Dresden 1

Population

4,089,467 1

2023 figure from Saxony's own Wikipedia infobox.

Population Estimate Year

2023 1

Area (sq km)

18,449.89 1

Latitude

51.02694 degrees north 1

Longitude

13.35889 degrees east 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Germany

Saxony is a state of Germany.

Source Saxony (Wikipedia)

Leipzig

leipzig is associated with saxony.

Source Leipzig (Wikipedia)

On Continent

Europe

Saxony is on continent.

Source Saxony (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Saxony (Wikipedia)

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Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig.

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