Verkhnevilyuysky District (; , ÃÂöhee Bülüü uluuha, ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is located in the western central part of the republic and borders with Vilyuysky District in the east, Gorny District in the southeast, Olyokminsky District in the south, Suntarsky and Nyurbinsky Districts in the west, and with Olenyoksky District in the northwest. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Verkhnevilyuysk. Population: 21,383 (2002 Census); The population of Verkhnevilyuysk accounts for 29.8% of the district's total population.
The main rivers in the district include the Vilyuy, the Tyukyan, Tonguo and the Tyung.
Average January temperature ranges from in the south to in the north and average July temperature ranges from to . Annual precipitation is .
The district was established on February 10, 1935.
As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:
The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.
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