Dresden (region)

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| name = Dresden

| native_name = Direktionsbezirk Dresden

| native_name_lang = de

| settlement_type = Direktionsbezirk

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| image_map = Saxony Direktionsbezirk Dresden.png

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| map_caption = Map of Saxony highlighting the former Direktionsbezirk of Dresden

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| subdivision_name = Germany

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Saxony

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| extinct_title = Disestablished

| extinct_date = 1 March 2012

| seat_type = Region seat

| seat = Dresden

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| area_total_km2 = 7931

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| population_total = 1626870

| population_as_of = 31 Dec. 2010

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = GDP

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|demographics1_info1 = €54.425 billion (2021)

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| website = [http://www.rp-dresden.de/ www.rp-dresden.de]

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Dresden is one of the three former Direktionsbezirke of Saxony, Germany, located in the east of the state. It coincided with the Planungsregionen Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and Oberes Elbtal/Osterzgebirge.