Verkhneuralsk

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Coat of arms of Verkhneuralsk

Verkhneuralsk (Russian: Верхнеура́льск) is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Ural River 230 km south-west of Chelyabinsk at 53.8769° N 59.2106° E. Population: 10,054 (2002 Census); 10,893 (1989 Census).

Founded in 1734 as the fortress of Verkhneyaitskaya (Верхнея́ицкая) it was renamed Verkhneuralskaya (Верхнеура́льская) after the river Yaik was renamed Ural. Town status since 1781.

	Cities and towns in Chelyabinsk Oblast
	Administrative center: Chelyabinsk Asha \| Bakal \| Chebarkul \| Karabash \| Kartaly \| Kasli \| Katav-Ivanovsk \| Kopeysk \| Korkino \| Kusa \| Kyshtym \| Magnitogorsk \| Miass \| Minyar \| Nyazepetrovsk \| Ozyorsk \| Plast \| Satka \| Sim \| Snezhinsk \| Troitsk \| Tryokhgorny \| Ust-Katav \| Verkhny Ufaley \| Yemanzhelinsk \| Yuryuzan \| Yuzhnouralsk \| Verkhneuralsk \| Zlatoust