Kazansky District (russian: Каза́нский 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 Kazansky 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 Kazanskoye. Population: 22,490 ( 2010 Census); The population of Kazanskoye accounts for 26.4% of the district's total population.

Geography

Kazansky District is located in the south of Tyumen Oblast, on the border with

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

. The terrain is rolling plain with a forest-steppe landscape. 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 navig ...

runs south-to-north through the middle of the district. About 25% of the area is forested, and about 25% is cropland, and another 35% is pasture and other agricultural land. There are 140 lakes in the district, reflecting the flat terrain and low runoff. The administrative center is the town of Kazanskoye. Kazansky District is 280 km southeast 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 in ...

, 124 km north 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 ...

, Kazakhstan, and 1,950 km east of

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. The nearest train station is 60 km away in

Ishim, Tyumen Oblast Ishim (russian: Иши́м) is a town in the south of Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Population: It was previously known as ''Korkina Sloboda'' (until 1782). History It was founded in 1670 as the village of Korkina Sloboda. In 1721, by the order of Ts ...

. The area measures 57 km (north-south), 65 km (west-east); total area is 3,100 km2 (about 0.003% of Tyumen Oblast). The district is bordered on the north by Ishimsky District, on the east by

Sladkovsky District Sladkovsky District (russian: Сладко́вский 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 Sladkovsky Municipal District.Law # ...

, on the south by Kazakhstan, and on the west by Berdyuzhsky District.

History

The first small settlement of Russians occurred in the mid-1700s. The area at the time was on the frontier, exposed to raids by local nomadic tribes. A military fort was built in the late 1700s, extending the fortified area south. Thereafter, settlements of Russian farmers increased dramatically, drawn by the fertile soil and abundant lakes for fishing. Kazansky District was officially formed in July 1931.

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Districts of Tyumen Oblast