Administrative Subdivision
The capital of Saxony-Anhalt is Magdeburg. It is the largest city in the state, head-to-head with Halle.
Saxony-Anhalt is subdivided into eleven rural districts and three urban districts. The current state was created by two districts reforms. By the first one in 1994, 37 districts were reformed into 21 new districts. The last reform took place on January 1, 2004, when the 21 districts were reordered into now eleven districts.
From 1994 to 2003, Saxony-Anhalt was divided into 21 rural districts ("Landkreise"). Above this level, there were three governmental districts (Regierungsbezirke): Dessau, Halle and Magdeburg. On 1 January 2004 these three governmental districts were abolished.
The rural districts are
- Altmarkkreis Salzwedel
- Anhalt-Bitterfeld
- Börde
- Burgenlandkreis
- Harz
- Jerichower Land
- Mansfeld-Südharz
- Saalekreis
- Salzlandkreis
- Stendal
- Wittenberg
and the three urban districts
- Dessau-Roßlau
- Halle (Saale)
- Magdeburg
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