title: Verkh-Payva
text: # Verkh-Payva
  
  Verkh-Payva (Russian: Верх-Пайва) is a rural locality (a selo) in Bayevsky District, Altai Krai, Russia. The population was 645 as of 2016. There are 18 streets.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Verkh-Payva is located within the West-Siberian Plain, 55 km northwest of Bayevo (the district's administrative centre) by road. Verkh-Chumanka is the nearest rural locality.
  
  ## Ethnicity
  
  The village is inhabited by Russians, Ukrainians and Germans.
  
  