En Name: | Verkhneuralsk |
Ru Name: | Верхнеуральск |
Coordinates: | 53.8833°N 74°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Verkhneuralsk (Chelyabinsk oblast).png |
Federal Subject: | Chelyabinsk Oblast |
Adm District Jur: | Verkhneuralsky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Verkhneuralsk |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Town |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Verkhneuralsky District |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Town of Verkhneuralsk |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Mun District Jur: | Verkhneuralsky Municipal District |
Urban Settlement Jur: | Verkhneuralskoye Urban Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Verkhneuralsky Municipal District |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Verkhneuralskoye Urban Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 9457 |
Established Date: | 1734 |
Current Cat Date: | 1781 |
Prev Name1: | Verkhneyaitskaya |
Prev Name2: | Verkhneuralskaya |
Postal Codes: | 457670–457672, 457688 |
Dialing Codes: | 35143 |
Verkhneuralsk (ru|Верхнеура́льск) is a town and the administrative center of Verkhneuralsky District in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Ural River, 230km (140miles) southwest of Chelyabinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Founded in 1734 as the fortress of Verkhneyaitskaya (Russian: Верхнея́ицкая), it was renamed Verkhneuralskaya (Russian: Верхнеура́льская) after the Yaik River was renamed the Ural. Town status was granted to it in 1781.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Verkhneuralsk serves as the administrative center of Verkhneuralsky District.[2] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Verkhneuralsky District as the Town of Verkhneuralsk. As a municipal division, the Town of Verkhneuralsk is incorporated within Verkhneuralsky Municipal District as Verkhneuralskoye Urban Settlement.