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Map of Bavaria highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Swabia
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Region seat	Augsburg
Area
• Total	9,993.97 km² (3,858.69 sq mi)
Population (30 June 2008)
• Total	1,787,995
• Density	178.90738/km² (463.3680/sq mi)
Website	regierung.schwaben.bayern.de

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Swabia (Government Region) (German: Schwaben) is one of the seven Regierungsbezirke of Bavaria, Germany. It is in southwest Bavaria.

There are 3 regions (Planungsregionen) in Swabia with the following rural districts and district-free towns/cities:
Allgäu: rural districts: Lindau, Oberallgäu and Ostallgäu; district-free towns: Kaufbeuren and Kempten;
Augsburg: rural districts: Aichach-Friedberg, Augsburg, Dillingen and Donau-Ries and the district-free city Augsburg;
Donau-Iller: in Bavaria: rural districts: Günzburg, Neu-Ulm and Unterallgäu and the district-free town Memmingen; in Baden-Württemberg: rural districts: Alb-Donau and Biberach and the district-free city Ulm;

Landkreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)	Natural regions
Aichach-Friedberg Augsburg Dillingen Donau-Ries Günzburg Lindau Neu-Ulm Oberallgäu Ostallgäu Unterallgäu	Augsburg Kaufbeuren Kempten Memmingen	Nördlingen Ries*Swabian Jura Iller-Lech Plateau Southern Alpine Foreland Swabian-Bavarian Pre-Alps Northern Limestone Alps Upper Swabia

* Part of the Swabian Keuper Land

Population

Historical Population of Swabia:

1939: 934,311
1950: 1,293,734
1961: 1,340,217
1970: 1,467,454
1987: 1,546,504
2002: 1,776,465
2005: 1,788,919
2006: 1,786,764

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