Statistics
State:	Bavaria
Capital:	Munich
Area:	17,529.41 km²
Inhabitants:	4,169,657 (2002)
pop. density:	237.87 inh./km²
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Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria) is one of the seven administrative regions of Bavaria, Germany, located in the south of Bavaria, around the city Munich. It's subdivided into four regions (Planungsverband): Ingolstadt, Munich, Oberland and Südostoberbayern.

Kreise (districts)	Kreisfreie Städte (district-free towns)
Altötting Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Berchtesgadener Land Dachau Ebersberg Eichstätt Erding Freising Fürstenfeldbruck Garmisch-Partenkirchen Landsberg Miesbach Mühldorf Munich (München) Neuburg-Schrobenhausen Pfaffenhofen Rosenheim Starnberg Traunstein Weilheim-Schongau	Ingolstadt Munich (München) Rosenheim

Population

Historical Population of Upper Bavaria:
  1939: 1,999,048
  1950: 2,541,896
  1961: 2,831,744
  1970: 3,324,104
  1987: 3,598,126
  2002: 4,169,657

External links

• Official website http://www.regierung.oberbayern.bayern.de (in German)
• Touristic website http://www.oberbayern-tourismus.de/ (in German and English)