Berdyuzhsky District Бердюжский район (Russian) |
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![]() Location of Berdyuzhsky District in Tyumen Oblast |
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Coordinates: 55°48′15″N 68°18′00″E / 55.80417°N 68.30000°ECoordinates: 55°48′15″N 68°18′00″E / 55.80417°N 68.30000°E | |
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Location | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Tyumen Oblast |
Administrative structure (as of December 2013) | |
Administrative center | selo of Berdyuzhye |
Administrative divisions: | |
Rural okrugs | 9 |
Inhabited localities: | |
Rural localities | 30 |
Municipal structure (as of December 2013) | |
Municipally incorporated as | Berdyuzhsky Municipal District |
Municipal divisions: | |
Urban settlements | 0 |
Rural settlements | 9 |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,800 km2 (1,100 sq mi) |
Population (2010 Census) | 11,490 inhabitants |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Density | 4.1/km2 (11/sq mi) |
Time zone | YEKT (UTC+05:00) |
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Berdyuzhsky District (Russian: Бердю́жский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Berdyuzhsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,800 square kilometers (1,100 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Berdyuzhye. Population: 11,490 (2010 Census);13,019 (2002 Census);14,659 (1989 Census). The population of Berdyuzhye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.
Berdyuzhsky District is located in the south of Tyumen Oblast, on the border with Kurgan Oblast, and near the northern border of Kazakhstan. The terrain is flat upland of forest-steppe landscape. There are a large number of lakes (256 by one count) in rounded depressions. The lakes are formed in elongated chains that follow the general course of ancient runoff to the northeast. A significant portion of the district is agricultural land. The district is on the eastern extent of the inter-river region of the drainages of the Tobol River (to the west) and the Ishim River (to the east). The administrative center is the town of Berdyuzhye. Berdyuzhsky District is 384 km east of the city of Tyumen, 50 km north of the city of Petropavl, Kazakhstan, and 1,800 km east of Moscow. The area measures 75 km (north-south), 50 km (west-east); total area is 2,800 km2 (about 0.003% of Tyumen Oblast).