Verkhneuralsky District
District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
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Verkhneuralsky District (Russian: Верхнеура́льский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.[1] It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3,510 square kilometers (1,360 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Verkhneuralsk.[1] Population: 36,198 (2010 census);[3] 42,121 (2002 Census);[6] 44,470 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Verkhneuralsk accounts for 26.1% of the district's total population.[3]
Verkhneuralsky District
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One of the few mines of the Uchaly Mining and Metallurgical Combine in Verkhneuralsky District | |
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 Location of Verkhneuralsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 53°53′N 59°13′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chelyabinsk Oblast[1] |
| Administrative center | Verkhneuralsk[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,510 km2 (1,360 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 36,198 |
| • Density | 10.3/km2 (26.7/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 46.5% |
| • Rural | 53.5% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns, 1 Work settlements, 8 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 cities/towns, 1 urban-type settlements[4], 49 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Verkhneuralsky Municipal District[1] |
| • Municipal divisions[1] | 2 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (MSK+2  [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 75617000 |
| Website | http://www.verhneuralsk.ru/ |