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Ust-Ishimsky District
District in Omsk Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ust-Ishimsky District (Russian: Усть-Иши́мский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 7,846 square kilometers (3,029 sq mi).[2]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ust-Ishim,[1] which, as its name indicates,[how?] is located at the confluence of the Ishim River with the Irtysh.
Ust-Ishimsky District
Усть-Ишимский район | |
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![]() Confluence of Siberian rivers - the Ishim flows into the Irtysh, at the village Ust-Ishim, in Ust-Ishimsky District | |
![]() Location of Ust-Ishimsky District in Omsk Oblast | |
Coordinates: 57°41′40″N 71°10′15″E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Omsk Oblast[1] |
Established | 25 May 1925![]() |
Administrative center | Ust-Ishim[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,846 km2 (3,029 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,480 |
• Density | 1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 13 rural okrug |
• Inhabited localities[1] | 51 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Ust-Ishimsky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+6 (MSK+3 ![]() |
OKTMO ID | 52657000 |
Website | http://www.ust-ishim.narod.ru/ |
Population: 13,480 (2010 Census);[3] 16,479 (2002 Census);[6] 21,670 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Ust-Ishim accounts for 35.6% of the district's total population.[3]
The Ust'-Ishim man, an ancient skeleton dated to 45,000 years before present, was discovered on the bank of the Irtysh River in Ust-Ishimsky District.