Verkhnyaya Salda
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Verkhnyaya Salda (Russian: Ве́рхняя Салда) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil), 195 km north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 51,195 (2002 Census); 55,246 (1989 Census).
Founded in 1778; town status since 1938.
Verkhnaya Salda is known for its metallurgical plant VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation – the world's largest manufacturer of titanium.
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