Verkhny Tagil (Russian:Ве́рхний Таги́л) is a town under the administrative jurisdiction of the Town of Kirovgrad in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located in the upper streams of the Tagil River (Tobol's basin), 111 kilometers (69mi) northwest of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,843(2010 Census);12,571(2002 Census);13,127(**** Census).