HALLE NEUSTADT

city, formerly a western district of the city of Halle an der Saale, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany. The city was established in 1964 by detaching an area of about 5 square miles (13 square km) from the city of Halle as a new city, ultimately, following much new construction, to house a population of 150,000. Its population of 12,600 in 1967 had grown more than sevenfold by 1980. Located on the northern edge of the Dlauer Heath nature reserve, the city has no industrial base but serves as a residential and service (commercial, health, cultural, recreational, and sports) centre for workers in the chemical industries of Halle, Schkopau (the Buna works), Leuna, and other cities of the Saale River valley, with which Halle Neustadt is connected by rapid transit and highway. Pop. (1990 est.) 90,956.