Verkh-Uymon (; , ''Üstügi Oymon'') is a rural locality (a selo) in

Ust-Koksinsky District Ust-Koksinsky District (; , ''Kök-Suu Oozı aymak'') is an administrativeLaw #101-RZ and municipalLaw #10-RZ district (raion), one of the ten in the Altai Republic, Russia. It is located in the west and southwest of the republic. The area of the ...

, the

Altai Republic The Altai Republic, also known as the Gorno-Altai Republic, is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. The republic borders Kemerovo Oblast to the north, Khakassia to the northeast, Tuva to the east, Altai Krai to the west, as well ...

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. The population was 562 as of 2016. There are 12 streets.

Geography

Verkh-Uymon is located on the right bank of the

Katun River The Katun ( ; ) is a river in the Altai Republic and the Altai Krai of Russia. It forms the Ob as it joins the Biya some southwest of Biysk.

, southeast of

Ust-Koksa Ust-Koksa (, ) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Ust-Koksinsky District of the Altai Republic, Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of c ...

(the district's administrative centre) by road. Oktyabrskoye is the nearest rural locality.

References

Rural localities in Ust-Koksinsky District {{AltaiRepublic-geo-stub