 The county is so named because of the road that runs from the centre of the city of Kharkiv, the Old Saltiv - Saltiv highway.Prior to the 1960s, Saltivka was called "Saltivsky village", and consisted of a few small scattered areas with three-story buildings (Tyurinka, Stara Saltivka, Shevchenky, Selyshche Imeni Kirova).Despite its reputation as a deprived residential area with outdated and dilapidated housing, more than a third of Kharkiv's total population resides within its boundaries.