Verkhnyaya Tura

Verkhnyaya Tura
Верхняя Тура
Location of Verkhnyaya Tura
Verkhnyaya Tura
Location of Verkhnyaya Tura
Verkhnyaya Tura
Verkhnyaya Tura (Sverdlovsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 58°21′34″N 59°49′03″E / 58.35944°N 59.81750°E / 58.35944; 59.81750
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSverdlovsk Oblast
Founded1737
Town status since1941
Elevation
220 m (720 ft)
Population
  Total
9,461
  Subordinated toTown of Kushva
  Urban okrugVerkhnyaya Tura Urban Okrug
  Capital ofVerkhnyaya Tura Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+5 (MSK+2 )
Postal code(s)
624320
OKTMO ID65734000001

Verkhnyaya Tura (Russian: Ве́рхняя Тура) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Kushva in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Tura River (Ob's basin), 187 kilometers (116 mi) north of Yekaterinburg. Population: 9,461(2010 Census); 11,097(2002 Census); 13,573(1989 Soviet census).