Data and Facts: Location Analysis Saxony-Anhalt
Saxony-Anhalt’s reliability, flexibility and efficiency offer investors the perfect conditions to set up a business location. The wide range of educational opportunities, culture and leisure activities on offer make this an excellent place to live and work.
| Statistics | |
|---|---|
| Area | 20.451 km² |
| Population | 2,26 million (Zensus 2011) |
| Population density | 110 inhabitants/km² |
| State capital | Magdeburg |
| Majors towns | Magdeburg, Halle, Dessau-Roßlau |
| Administrative disrics | Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, Börde, Burgenlandkreis, Harz, Jerichower Land, Mansfeld-Südharz, Saalekreis, Salzlandkreis, Stendal, Wittenberg |
| Infrastructure | |
|---|---|
| Motorways | A2 Dortmund-Magdeburg-Berlin A9 München-Dessau-Berlin A14 Dresden-Halle-Magdeburg A38 Kassel-Halle-Leipzig |
| International airport | Leipzig/Halle with 24/7 operation for freight flights |
| Waterways | 600 km navigable inland waterways and 18 ports/loading terminals |
| Railways network | Almost 2,000 km of railways run by DB Netz AG and 1,115 km private railways |
| Economy | |
|---|---|
| GDP growth | 2016: +2,6% 2015: +3,2% 2014: +1,7% 2013: +1,6% 2012: +4,2% 2011: +1,3 % 2010: +5,8% |
| Economic focuses | Chemicals/plastics industry, mechanical and plant engineering, food industry, automobile supporting industries, renewable alternative energy, logistics |
| Unemployment | 03/2017: 9,1% 2016: 9,2% 2015: 10,2% 2014: 10,7% 2013: 11,2% 2012: 11,5% 2011: 11,6% 2010: 12,5% |
| Leisure and travel | |
|---|---|
| Travel destination | *7 sites that belong to the UNESCO heritage * Road of Romanesque * Blue Ribbon waterways * Garden Dreams Historic Parks * Heavenly Roads tourist route |
| Culture | 60.000 cultural monuments 200 museums 13 city theatres |
| Sports | around 380,000 Athletes at 2,800 Clubs |
| Education and Research | |
|---|---|
| Science and innovation | |
| Universities: | 2 |
| Institutes of higher education: | 8 |
| Research facilities outside universities: | 29 |
| Family-friendly | |
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| Childcare law: | Legal right to full time childcare (ages 0-14) |
| Under-threes in kindergarten: | in Saxony-Anhalt: 52,7% |