The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked federal state of Germany, bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland (Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships) and the Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions). Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. 

Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the sixth most populous, with 4 million people. 

The history of the state of Saxony spans more than a millennium. It has been a medieval duchy, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, a kingdom, and twice a republic. 

The area of the modern state of Saxony should not be confused with Old Saxony, the area inhabited by Saxons. Old Saxony corresponds approximately to the modern German states of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and the Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. 

Saxony is divided into 10 districts:   1. Bautzen (BZ)   2. Erzgebirgskreis (ERZ)   3. Görlitz (GR)   4. Leipzig (L)   5. Meißen (MEI) (Meissen)   6. Mittelsachsen (FG)   7. Nordsachsen (TDO)   8. Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (PIR)   9. Vogtlandkreis (V) 10. Zwickau (Z) 

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The area of the modern state of Saxony should not be confused with Old Saxony
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he history of the state of Saxony spans more than a millennium
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is a landlocked federal state of Germany
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Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's 
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Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's
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bordering the federal states of Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, and Bavaria
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 Poland (Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships) and the Czech Republic (Karlovy Vary, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions)
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and the sixth most populous, with 4 million people. 
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Saxony is divided into 10 districts:
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Old Saxony corresponds approximately to the modern German states
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 to the modern German states of Lower Saxony
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countries of Poland (Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships) and the Czech Republic
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Old Saxony, the area inhabited by Saxons
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Its capital is Dresden
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Erzgebirgskreis (ERZ)