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Verkhnyaya Salda


Coordinates: 58°02′44″N 60°33′12″E / 58.04556°N 60.55333°E / 58.04556; 60.55333

Verkhnyaya Salda (Russian: Ве́рхняя Салда) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil), 195 kilometers (121 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 46,221 (2010 Census);51,195 (2002 Census);55,246 (1989 Census).

It was founded in 1778; town status was granted to it in 1938.

Verkhnaya Salda is known for its metallurgical plant VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation—the world's largest producer of titanium.


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