Verkhnevilyuysky District (Russian: Верхневилю́йский улу́с; Yakut: Үөһээ Бүлүү улууһа, Üöhee Bülüü uluuha, [ˈyøheː bylyː uluːha]) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion, or ulus), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

The area of the district is 42,000 square kilometers (16,000 sq mi).

[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Verkhnevilyuysk.

[3] The main rivers in the district include the Vilyuy, the Tyukyan, Tonguo and the Tyung.

[citation needed] As of the 2021 Census, the ethnic composition was as follows:[10] The economy of the district is mostly based on agriculture.