Swabia (Government Region)

Swabia
Swabia; Schwaben
	Map of Bavaria highlighting the Regierungsbezirk of Swabia
	Coordinates: 8°30′N 10°30′E / 8.5°N 10.5°ECoordinates: 8°30′N 10°30′E / 8.5°N 10.5°E
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

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