Dessau (region)

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| name = Dessau

| native_name = Regierungsbezirk Dessau

| native_name_lang = de

| settlement_type = Regierungsbezirk

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| image_map = Saxony-anhalt dessau.png

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| map_caption = Map of Saxony-Anhalt highlighting the former Regierungsbezirk of Dessau

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| coordinates = {{Coord|51.83|12.33|display=ti|format=dms}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Germany

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Saxony-Anhalt

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| extinct_title = Disestablished

| extinct_date = 2004-01-01

| seat_type = Region seat

| seat = Dessau

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 4280.26

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| population_total = 529571

| population_as_of = 2002

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Dessau was one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, located in the east of the country.