Verkhny Tagil is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town

City of federal subject significance

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...

 of Kirovgrad

Kirovgrad

Kirovgrad is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: -History:The settlement Kalatay was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675...

 in Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast

Sverdlovsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia located in the Urals Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Yekaterinburg formerly known as Sverdlovsk. Population: -Geography:...

, Russia

Russia

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, located in the upper streams of the Tagil River

Tagil River

Tagil is a river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. It is 414 km long, with a drainage basin of 10 100 km². The average discharge is 40 m³/s. The river has its sources on the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, east of Verkhny Tagil...

 (Tobol

Tobol River

Tobol is a river in Kurgan and Tyumen Oblasts in Russia and Kazakhstan, left tributary of the Irtysh. The length of the Tobol River is 1591 km. The area of its drainage basin is 426,000 km². Average discharge at mouth is 805 m³/s. The lower reaches of the river freeze up in late October -...

's basin

Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...

), 111 kilometres (69 mi) northwest of Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg

Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...

. Population:

Administrative and municipal status

Administratively, Verkhny Tagil and ten rural localities are subordinated to the Town

City of federal subject significance

City of federal subject significance is an umbrella term used to refer to a type of an administrative division of a federal subject of Russia which is equal in status to a district but is organized around a large city; occasionally with surrounding rural territories.According to the 1993...

 of Kirovgrad

Kirovgrad

Kirovgrad is a town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. Population: -History:The settlement Kalatay was, according to various sources, founded in 1661, 1663, or 1675...

—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts

Administrative divisions of Sverdlovsk Oblast

*Towns under the federal government management:**Novouralsk ***with 1 selsovet under the town's jurisdiction.**Lesnoy ***Urban-type settlements under the town's jurisdiction and the federal government management:...

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Municipally, Verkhny Tagil, along with two rural localities, is incorporated as Verkhny Tagil Urban Okrug. Kirovgrad and the other eight rural localities are independently incorporated as Kirovgradsky Urban Okrug.