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Abatsky District

Abatsky District
Абатский район (Russian)
Location of Abatsky District (Tyumen Oblast).svg
Location of Abatsky District in Tyumen Oblast
Coordinates: 56°17′N 70°27′E / 56.283°N 70.450°E / 56.283; 70.450Coordinates: 56°17′N 70°27′E / 56.283°N 70.450°E / 56.283; 70.450
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Village of Vostok, Abatsky District
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Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Tyumen Oblast
Administrative structure (as of December 2012)
Administrative center selo of Abatskoye
Administrative divisions:
Rural okrugs 11
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 65
Municipal structure (as of December 2012)
Municipally incorporated as Abatsky Municipal District
Municipal divisions:
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 11
Statistics
Area 4,080 km2 (1,580 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 19,837 inhabitants
• Urban 0%
• Rural 100%
Density 4.86/km2 (12.6/sq mi)
Time zone YEKT (UTC+05:00)
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Abatsky District (Russian: Аба́тский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Abatsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 4,080 square kilometers (1,580 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Abatskoye. Population: 19,837 (2010 Census);23,566 (2002 Census);26,453 (1989 Census). The population of Abatskoye accounts for 40.1% of the district's total population.

Abatsky District is located in the southeast of Tyumen Oblast, supporting mostly agricultural land on forest-steppe terrain of the West Siberian Plain. The district is in the Ural Federal District, on the west side of the border with the Siberian Federal District. The Ishim River runs from south to north through the middle of the district, about 130 km south of where it enters the Irtysh River to the north. The Trans-Siberian Railway runs through the middle of the district from west to east, passing through the administrative center of Abatskoye. Abatsky District is 280 km southeast of the city of Tyumen, 185 km northwest of the city of Omsk, and 2,000 km east of Moscow. The area measures 70 km (north-south), 60 km (west-east); total area is 4,080 km2 (about 0.003% of Tyumen Oblast).


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