Swabia
government region of Bavaria, Germany
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Summary
Swabia is a Regierungsbezirk[1]. Swabia draws 4,191 Wikipedia views per month (regierungsbezirk category, ranking #2 of 17).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Bayerischer Bezirketag[3], Joint Federal Committee of Higher municipal associations[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Bavaria[5]
- Country: Germany[6]
- Head of government: Erwin Lohner[7]
- Instance of: regional district in Bavaria[8]
- Capital: Augsburg[9]
- Shares border with: Upper Bavaria[10], Middle Franconia[11]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Augsburg[12], Kaufbeuren[13], Kempten[14], Memmingen[15], Aichach-Friedberg[16], Landkreis Dillingen an der Donau[17], Donau-Ries[18], Günzburg[19], Lindau District[20], Neu-Ulm[21], Oberallgäu[22], Ostallgäu[23], Unterallgäu[24]
- Commons category: Swabia (Bavaria)[25]
- Highest point: Hochfrottspitze[26]
- Authority: Regierung von Schwaben[27]
- Official website: https://www.bezirk-schwaben.de/[28]
- IPA transcription: ˈʃvaːbən[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Swabia (Bavaria)[30]
- Population: 1,857,991[31], 1,917,979[32], 581,255[33]
- Category for people born here: Q9229186[34]
- Category for people who died here: Q9221205[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Swabia (Bavaria)[36]
- Different from: Swabia[37]
- Elevation above sea level: 560 m[38]
- Area: 9992.03 km²[39]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[40]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Swabia (Bavaria)[41]
Why It Matters
Swabia has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Swabia is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]