En Name: | Verkhnevilyuysk |
Ru Name: | Верхневилюйск |
Loc Name1: | Үөһээ Бүлүү |
Loc Lang1: | Sakha |
Coordinates: | 63.45°N 138°W |
Map Label Position: | bottom |
Federal Subject: | Sakha Republic |
Federal Subject Ref: | [1] |
Adm District Jur: | Verkhnevilyuysky District |
Adm Selsoviet Jur: | Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Okrug |
Adm Selsoviet Type: | Rural okrug |
Adm Ctr Of: | Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Okrug |
Inhabloc Cat: | Rural locality |
Inhabloc Type: | Selo |
Mun District Jur: | Verkhnevilyuysky Municipal District |
Mun District Jur Ref: | [2] |
Rural Settlement Jur: | Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Settlement |
Mun Admctr Of: | Verkhnevilyuysky Rural Settlement |
Pop 2010Census: | 6457 |
Postal Codes: | 678230 |
Verkhnevilyuysk (Russian: Верхневилюйск; Yakut: Үөһээ Бүлүү, Üöhee Bülüü) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Verkhnevilyuysky District of Sakha Republic, Russia. Its population as of the 2010 Census was 6,457,[3] of whom 3,015 were male and 3,442 female, down from 6,555 as recorded during the 2002 Census.[4]
Verkhnevilyuysk is located in the Central Yakutian Lowland, by the Vilyuy River, near its confluence with the Tyukyan.
Verkhnevilyuysk is served by the Verkhnevilyuysk Airport .