Nizhny Tagil

**Nizhny Tagil** () is a ceety in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Roushie, situatit  east o the virtual border atween Europe an Asie. Population: 

## Geografie
Rivers an ponds tak up ane third o the ceety's territory. Nizhny Tagil spans  frae north tae sooth an  frae east tae wast. The ceety is biggit aroond Lisya Muntain extinct volcano. This muntain wi a watch-touer on its tap is a seembol o the ceety.  Anither muntain, Medved-Kamen, is locatit in the northren pairt o the ceety an is  heich. Heich rock wall breaks intae the Tagil River.

The ceety is dividit intae three ceety destricts: Leninsky, encompassin the ceety centre an Nizhnetagilsky Pond; Tagilstroyevsky, a comparatively sma section at the north pairt o toun; an Dzerzhinsky, a sizable section tae the east o the ceety centre principally consistin o apairtment biggins an ither residences.

In addeetion, a lairge portion o the laund athin the boonds o the ceety is dominatit bi the facilities o the various factories locatitd in this industrial ceety, includin those o Oxochem.

The ceety's climate is temperate continental. The geological structur o the ceety is vera complex. Its altitude varies frae . This maks Nizhny Tagil ane o the rare naitural store-rooms on the Yird. Thare are mony mineral deposits containin 63&nbsp;elements o the periodic table.

Rail lines an heich-gates connect the ceety wi ithers in aw directions: wi Yekaterinburg  tae the sooth, wi Serov an Priobye in the north, wi Perm in the wast, an wi Alapayevsk an Verkhnyaya Salda in the east.

The ceety is servit bi the Salka Airport, locatit  northeast o the ceety. It wis a militar base till 1994 an haes nou acome a ceevil airport.

## History
The history o Nizhny Tagil begins wi the openin o the Vysokogorsky iron ore quarry in 1696. The deposits wur parteecularly rich, an includit lodes o magnetic iron. The surroondin landscape providit iverything needit for a successfu an productive minin an smeltin operation&nbsp;— rivers for transport, forests for fuel, an suitable climate.

The ceety itsel wis legally foondit in October 1722 amang dounsets connectit tae the construction o the Vyysky copper smeltin plant, awned bi Nikolay Demidov. Ower the follaein decades, the ceety developit as ane o the early centres o Roushie industrialisation, an it haes been a major producer o cast iron an steel.

The first Roushie steam locomotive wis constructit thare in 1833, an the faither-an-son ingineers who developit it, Ye.A. an M.Ye. Cherepanov (Черепанов), wur in 1956 commemoratit bi an  bronze statue (executit bi sculptor A. S. Kondratyev an airchitect A. V. Sotnikov) which staunds in the centre o the Theatrical Square in the hert o dountoun.

Toun status wis grantit tae Nizhny Tagil in 1919.

Accordin tae some soorces, the copper for the skin o the Statue of Liberty wis mined an refined in Nizhny Tagil.

## Admeenistrative an municipal status
Athin the framewirk o the admeenistrative diveesions, Nizhny Tagil serves as the administrative centre o Prigorodny Destrict, even tho it is no a pairt o it. As an admeenistrative division, it is, thegither wi twinty-three landwart localities, incorporatit separately as the **[[Ceety o federal subject significance|Ceety]] o Nizhny Tagil**—an admeenistrative unit wi the status equal tae that o the destricts. As a municipal diveesion, the Ceety o Nizhny Tagil is incorporatit as **Nizhny Tagil Urban Okrug**.

## Economy
Nizhny Tagil is a lairge industrial centre o the Middle Urals. Such heichlie pouer-intensive industries as ferrous metallurgie, ingineerin, chemistrie, an metal wirkin are well-developit in the ceety.  A tot o 606&nbsp;manufacturin companies operate in Nizhny Tagil.

Nizhny Tagil Iron and Steel Plant (*Nizhnetagilsky Metallurgichesky Kombinat*, *NTMK*) is a leadin Roushie steel company.

*[[Uralvagonzavod]]* (*UVZ*) is weel kent in Roushie as the main producer o modren tanks on the territory o the umwhile Soviet Union. The T-72, T-90, an T-95 are producit in the ceety.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin towns/sister ceeties
Nizhny Tagil is twinned wi:
* Cheb, Czech Republic
* Brest, Belaroushie
* Chattanooga, Unitit States
* Novokuznetsk, Roushie

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