Free State of Saxony Freistaat Sachsen Swobodny Stat Sakska
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Capital:	Dresden
Area:	18,413 km²
Inhabitants:	4,300,000 (2004)
pop. density:	234 inh./km²
Website:	sachsen.de
ISO 3166-2:	DE-SN
Politics
Minister-president:	Georg Milbradt (CDU)
Ruling party:	CDU/SPD
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The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) has a land area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4.3 million, the tenth-largest in area and sixth-largest in population among Germany's sixteen states. The state has a long history as a duchy, and eventually kingdom. Monarchy was overthrown and it became a republic under its current name in 1918. Abolished during communist rule, it was reestablished in 1990.

The capital city of Saxony is Dresden. Other major cities include Leipzig and Chemnitz.

During the early Middle Ages the term Saxony referred to the region occupied by today's states of Lower Saxony and northern North Rhine-Westphalia. The Saxons had migrated there from the area of present-day Schleswig-Holstein between 250 and 500. See the history section below.

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