Armizonsky District (russian: Армизо́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (

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), one of the twenty-two in

Tyumen Oblast Tyumen Oblast (russian: Тюме́нская о́бласть, ''Tyumenskaya oblast'') is a federal subject (an oblast) of Russia. It is geographically located in the Western Siberia region of Siberia, and is administratively part of the Urals ...

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.Law #53 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Armizonsky 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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(a '' selo'') of Armizonskoye. Population: 10,064 ( 2010 Census); The population of Armizonskoye accounts for 47.5% of the district's total population.

Geography

Armizonsky District is located in the southeast of Tyumen Oblast, on very slightly hilly plain of forest-steppe terrain of the

West Siberian Plain The West Siberian Plain (russian: За́падно-Сиби́рская равни́на ''Zapadno-Sibirskaya ravnina'') is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River ...

. 59% of the area is agricultural land. The lack of runoff creates a high water table, and in some years flooding and strong ground saturation. The area has numerous lakes and wetlands, and some peatlands. The tops of the ridges and slopes are steppe-meadow with black soils. The district is between the drainages of the

Tobol River The Tobol (russian: Тобол, kk, Тобыл ''Tobyl'') is a river in Western Siberia (in Kazakhstan and Russia) and the main (left) tributary of the Irtysh. Its length is , and the area of its drainage basin is . History The Tobol River was ...

(to the west) and the

Ishim River The Ishim (russian: Иши́м, Ishim; kk, Есіл, Esil) 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 naviga ...

(to the east). The administrative center of Aromashevo is located in the middle-western sector of the area. Armizonsky District is 170 km east of the city of

Tyumen Tyumen ( ; rus, Тюмень, p=tʲʉˈmʲenʲ, a=Ru-Tyumen.ogg) is the administrative center and largest city of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. It is situated just east of the Ural Mountains, along the Tura River. Fueled by the Russian oil and gas indu ...

, 100 km northwest of the city of

Petropavl Petropavl ( kk, Петропавл, Petropavl ) or Petropavlovsk () is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region. Population: 218,956. The city is also kno ...

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, and 1,800 km east of

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. The area measures 72 km (north-south), 76 km (west-east); total area is 3,109 km2 (about 0.003% of Tyumen Oblast). The district is bordered on the north by

Omutinsky District Omutinsky District (russian: Омути́нский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.Law #53 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Omutinsky Municipal District.Law #26 ...

and

Golyshmanovsky District Golyshmanovsky District (russian: Голышма́новский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.Law #53 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Golyshmanovsky Municipal ...

, on the east by

Berdyuzhsky District Berdyuzhsky District (russian: Бердю́жский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.Law #53 As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Berdyuzhsky Municipal District.Law # ...

, on the south by

Mokrousovsky District Mokrousovsky District (russian: Мокроусовский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #316 and municipalLaw #419 district (raion), one of the twenty-four in Kurgan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area o ...

Kurgan Oblast Kurgan Oblast (russian: Курга́нская о́бласть, ''Kurganskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kurgan. In June 2014, the population was estimated to be 874,100,Kurgan ...

, and on the west by

Zavodoukovsky District Zavodoukovsky Urban Okrug (russian: Заводоуковский городско́й о́круг) is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Tyumen Oblast, Russia,Law #263 one of the five urban okrugs in the oblast. Its territory comprises th ...

and Uporovsky.

History

Armizonsky District was officially formed in November 1923 as part of the Ishimsky district of the Ural Region. In 1934 the district was abolished and merged into Berdyuzhsky District, but restored in 1935 as part of Omsk Oblast. The district was transferred to Kurgan Oblast in 1943, and finally Tyumen Oblast in 1944. From 1963 to 1965, it was temporarily part of Berdyuzhsky Area.

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