En Name: | Verkhny Tagil |
Ru Name: | Верхний Тагил |
Coordinates: | 57.3833°N 116°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Federal Subject: | Sverdlovsk Oblast |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Kirovgrad |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of: | Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug |
Pop 2010Census: | 11843 |
Established Date: | 1716 |
Current Cat Date: | 1966 |
Postal Codes: | 624160, 624162 |
Website: | http://go-vtagil.ru |
Verkhny Tagil (ru|Ве́рхний Таги́л) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Kirovgrad in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Tagil River (Tobol's basin), 111km (69miles) northwest of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
It was founded in 1716.[1] Town status was granted to it in 1966.
Within the framework of the administrative divisions, it is, together with ten rural localities, subordinated to the Town of Kirovgrad[2] —an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[3] As a municipal division, Verkhny Tagil, together with two rural localities, is incorporated as Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug.[4] The town of Kirovgrad, together with eight other rural localities, is incorporated separately as Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug.