Editing Salzburg (state) (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Alpen by Horst Michael Lechner.jpg|thumb|Typical Salzburg Alpine landscape near [[Sankt Koloman]]]]

===Location===
Salzburg State covers an area of {{cvt|7,156|km2}}. It stretches along its main river — the [[Salzach]] – which rises in the [[Central Eastern Alps]] in the south to the [[Alpine foothills]] in the north. It is located in the north-west of Austria, close to the border with the German state of [[Bavaria]]; to the northeast lies the federal state [[Upper Austria]]; to the east the federal state [[Styria]]; to the south the federal states [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] and [[Tyrol (federal state)|Tyrol]]. With 561,714 inhabitants, it is one of the country's smaller federal states in terms of population.

Running through the south are the main ranges of the [[Main chain of the Alps|Alpine divide]] (incl. the [[Hohe Tauern]] mountains) with numerous [[three-thousander]]s. The [[Hoher Dachstein|Dachstein]] massif and the [[Berchtesgaden Alps]] ranges of the [[Northern Limestone Alps]] border Salzburg State to the east and north.

===Regions===
The federal state is traditionally subdivided in five major regions (''[[Gau (country subdivision)|Gaue]]''), congruent with its political districts (''[[Bezirk]]e'', see [[Salzburg (state)#Administrative divisions|administrative divisions]]).
[[File:Bezirke Salzburg mit Namen.svg|thumb|Regions of Salzburg]]
* In the northern part:
** [[Salzburg-Umgebung District|Flachgau]] (Salzburg city and environs), the flat ({{langx|de|link=no|flach}}) Salzburg [[Depression (geology)|Basin]] around the confluence of Salzach and [[Saalach]], stretching from the slopes of the [[Salzkammergut Mountains]] in the east to the [[Untersberg]] massif and the [[Chiemgau Alps]] in the west.
** [[Hallein District|Tennengau]] (district capital [[Hallein]]), named after the [[Tennen Mountains]], including the broad Salzach Valley south of Salzburg and the surrounding ranges of the Limestone Alps.
* The southern, mountainous (colloquially ''Innergebirg'') part is divided into:
** [[Zell am See District|Pinzgau]] ([[Zell am See]]) in the southwest,
** [[St. Johann im Pongau District|Pongau]] ([[St. Johann im Pongau]]) on Salzach and [[Enns (river)|Enns]], and
** [[Tamsweg District|Lungau]] ([[Tamsweg]]) in the southeast, separated by the [[Niedere Tauern]] range.

===Major cities and towns===
Salzburg municipalities with [[town privileges]]:
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* [[File:AUT Salzburg (Stadt) COA.svg|15px]] [[Salzburg|Salzburg]] (pop. 148,521)
* [[File:Hallein (Austria) Coat of Arms CoA.svg|16px]] [[Hallein]] (20,022)
* [[File:AUT Saalfelden COA.svg|15px]] [[Saalfelden]] (16,046)
* [[File:Wappen at st johann.png|15px]] [[St. Johann im Pongau]] (10,740)
* [[File:AT Bischofshofen COA.svg|16px]] [[Bischofshofen]] (10,352)
* [[File:AUT Zell am See COA.svg|15px]] [[Zell am See]] (9,683)
* [[File:Wappen at seekirchen.png|15px]] [[Seekirchen am Wallersee|Seekirchen]] (9,945)
* [[File:Wappen at neumarkt am wallersee.png|15px]] [[Neumarkt am Wallersee]] (5,846)
* [[File:Wappen at oberndorf bei salzburg.png|15px]] [[Oberndorf bei Salzburg]] (5,600)
* [[File:Wappen at mittersill.png|15px]] [[Mittersill]] (5,443)
* [[File:AUT Radstadt COA.jpg|15px]] [[Radstadt]] (4,864)
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[[Wals-Siezenheim]], a common municipality with about 12,000 inhabitants, is known as 'Austria's largest village'.