Strzelce-Drezdenko County (Polish: powiat strzelecko-drezdenecki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat is the town of Strzelce Krajeńskie, which lies 25 km (16 mi) north-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski and 104 km (65 mi) north of Zielona Góra. The county also contains the towns of Drezdenko, lying 21 km (13 mi) east of Strzelce Krajeńskie, and Dobiegniew, 18 km (11 mi) north-east of Strzelce Krajeńskie.
The county covers an area of 1,248.32 square kilometres (482.0 sq mi). As of 2006 its total population is 50,151, out of which the population of Drezdenko is 10,332, that of Strzelce Krajeńskie is 10,143, that of Dobiegniew is 3,187, and the rural population is 26,489.
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—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)