Verkhny Tagil

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Coordinates: 57.3775° N 59.9597° E

Verkhny Tagil (Russian: Ве́рхний Таги́л) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Tagil River (Tobol's basin), 111 km northwest of Yekaterinburg. Population: 12,571 (2002 Census); 13,127 (1989 Census).

Founded in 1716, town status since 1966.