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Ishimsky District () is an administrative district (

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), one of the twenty-two in

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.Law #53 Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Ishimsky Municipal District.Law #263 It is located in the south of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Ishim Ishim may refer to: *Ishim (river), a river in Kazakhstan and Russia *Ishim, Tyumen Oblast, a town in Tyumen Oblast, Russia *Ishim (angel), a rank of angels in the Jewish angelic hierarchy See also

*Ishimsky (disambiguation) *Ishimbay {{Disam ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 31,085 ( 2010 Census);

Geography

Ishimsky District is located in the southeast of Tyumen Oblast. The terrain is rolling plain with a forest-steppe landscape. The

Ishim River The Ishim (; ) is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of . Its average discharge is . It is a left tributary of the Irtysh. The Ishim is partly navigable in its lower reaches. The upper course o ...

runs south-northeast through the district. About 30% of the area is forested, and about 20% is agricultural cropland. The area is known for a protected forest (Sinitsinsky Bor) with recreational facilities and mineral springs. The district is centrally located in Tymen, with the

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running west–east through the middle, and major highways running west–east and north–south. Ishimsky District is 220 km southeast of the city of

Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura ( ...

, 230 km northwest of the city of

Omsk Omsk (; , ) is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia and has a population of over one million. Omsk is the third List of cities and tow ...

, and 1,900 km east of

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. The area measures 90 km (north-south), 75 km (west-east); total area is 5,500 km2 (about 0.4% of Tyumen Oblast). The district is bordered on the north and northeast by Aromashevsky District and Sorokinsky District, on the east by Abatsky District, on the south by

Kazansky District Kazansky District () is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.Law #53 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Kazansky Municipal District.Law #263 It is located in the south of the oblast. The ...

, on the southwest by Berdyuzhsky District, and on the west by Golyshmanovsky District.

History

The first permanent inhabitants are believed to be cattle-herders some 4,000 years ago. Turkic tribes appeared in the 9th century, blending in the people generally referred to as Siberian Tatars. Russians appeared in the 1600s, when Tobolsk sponsored agricultural colonists to the Ishimsky area, and the military outposts to defend them from the Tatars. The black soil (chernozem) was more fertile than that around Tobolsk, and more settlers were drawn in. Ishimsky District was officially formed in November 1923 as part of the Ural Region. After a brief move to Chelyabinsk region in 1934 and then to Omsk Oblast for 1934-1944, the district was finally transferred to Tymen Oblast in 1944.

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Ishimsky District is one of the twenty-two in the oblast. The town of

*Ishimsky (disambiguation) *Ishimbay {{Disam ...

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Ishimsky Municipal District. The Town of Ishim is incorporated separately from the district as Ishim Urban Okrug.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=March 2013 __NOTOC__ Districts of Tyumen Oblast