Ust-Tarksky District () is an administrative and municipalLaw #200-OZ district (

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), one of the

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. It is located in the west of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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Ust-Tarka Ust-Tarka () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the administrative center of Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. Population: Geography Ust-Tarka lies on the bank of the Om River by the confluence of the Tarka River, west of ...

. Population: 12,307 ( 2010 Census); The population of Ust-Tarka accounts for 31.0% of the district's total population.

Geography

Ust-Tarksky District is located in the

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. Most of the area is

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y. The largest river in the district is the Om, and Lake Uguy, by Uguy village, is the largest lake.

Notable residents

Viktor Markin Viktor Fyodorovich Markin (; born 23 February 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky, Ust-Tarksky District, Novosibirsk Oblast ) is a former Soviet athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. After graduating from a se ...

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