Verkhnesaldinsky District (russian: Верхнесалдинский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
thirty in
Sverdlovsk Oblast
Sverdlovsk Oblast ( rus, Свердловская область, Sverdlovskaya oblast) is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia located in the Ural Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg, formerly known as S ...
,
Russia
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.
[Charter of Sverdlovsk Oblast] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Verkhnesaldinsky Urban Okrug.
[Law #82-OZ][Order #120-P] Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
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is the
town
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Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
of
Verkhnyaya Salda
Verkhnyaya Salda (russian: Ве́рхняя Салда) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (right tributary of the Tagil), north of Yekaterinburg. Population:
History
It was founded in 1778; town status was g ...
.
Population (excluding the administrative center): 3,306 (
2010 Census);
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Districts of Sverdlovsk Oblast