title: Verkh-Bekhtemir
text: # Verkh-Bekhtemir
  
  Verkh-Bekhtemir (Russian: Верх-Бехтемир) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Verkh-Bekhtemirsky Selsoviet of Biysky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 979 as of 2016. There are 11 streets.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Verkh-Bekhtemir is located on the bank of the Bekhtemir River, 60 km northeast of Biysk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Shebalino is the nearest rural locality.
  
  ## Ethnicity
  
  The village is inhabited by Russians and others.
  
  