Verkhneuralsky District

Verkhneuralsky District (Верхнеура́льский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 3510 km2. Its administrative center is the town of Verkhneuralsk. Population: 42,121 (2002 Census);  The population of Verkhneuralsk accounts for 26.1% of the district's total population.