Verkhotursky District (Russian: Верхоту́рский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the thirty in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Verkhotursky Urban Okrug. Its administrative center is the town of Verkhoturye. Population: 16,802 (2010 Census); 19,153 (2002 census); 21,277 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Verkhoturye accounts for 52.5% of the district's total population.