Leipzig ; Upper Saxon: Leibz'sch) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. With a population of nearly 600,000 inhabitants as of 2019 , it is Germany's eighth most populous city as well as the second most populous city in the area of former East Germany after Berlin. Together with Halle , the largest city of the neighbouring state of Saxony-Anhalt, the city forms the polycentric conurbation of Leipzig-Halle. Between the two cities lies Leipzig/Halle Airport.
Leipzig is located about 160 kilometres southwest of Berlin in the Leipzig Bay, which constitutes the southernmost part of the North German Plain, at the confluence of the White Elster River and two of its tributaries: the Pleiße and the Parthe. The name of the city as well as the names of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin.
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