Nizhnyaya Salda
# Nizhnyaya Salda

Nizhnyaya Salda (Russian: Ни́жняя Салда́) is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Salda River (Ob's basin), 205 kilometers (127 mi) north of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 17,619 (2010 Census); 18,067 (2002 Census); 20,932 (1989 Census).

## History

It was founded in 1760; town status was granted to it in 1938.

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with five rural localities, incorporated as the Town of Nizhnyaya Salda—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Nizhnyaya Salda is incorporated as Nizhnyaya Salda Urban Okrug.

