Tisulsky District (russian: Тисульский райо́н) is an administrative district (
raion
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Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...
,
Russia
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.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tisulsky Municipal District.Law #104-OZ It is located in the east of the
oblast
An oblast (; ; Cyrillic (in most languages, including Russian and Ukrainian): , Bulgarian: ) is a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the Soviet Union and the Kingdo ...
. The area of the district is . Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) of Tisul. Population: 28,471 ( 2002 Census); The population of Tisul accounts for 36.1% of the district's total population.
Geography
The district is in the northeast of
Kemerovo Oblast
Kemerovo Oblast — Kuzbass (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть — Кузба́сс, translit=Kemerovskaya oblast — Kuzbass, ), also known simply as Kemerovo Oblast (russian: Ке́меровская о́бласть, label=non ...
, and the
Kuznetsk Basin
The Kuznetsk Basin (russian: Кузнецкий угольный бассейн, Кузбасс; often abbreviated as Kuzbass or Kuzbas) in southwestern Siberia, Russia, is one of the largest coal mining areas in Russia, covering an area of aroun ...
, and covers the northern end of the
Kuznetsk Alatau
Kuznetsk Alatau (russian: Кузнецкий Алатау) is a mountain range in southern Siberia, Russia. The range rises in the Altai-Sayan region of the South Siberian Mountains, northwest of Mongolia. The Siberian Railway skirts the north ...
mountain range. The Kuznetsk Alatau is the source of many rivers and streams that flow north to the
Kiya River
The Kiya (russian: Ки́я) is a river in Tomsk Oblast, Tomsk and Kemerovo Oblasts of Russia. It is a left tributary of the Chulym (Ob), Chulym (in the Ob (river), Ob's drainage basin), and is long, with a drainage basin of . The river has its so ...
, and eventually the
Tom River
The Tom ( rus, Томь, p=tomʲ, cjs, Том) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob in Central Siberia. Its watershed lies within the Republic of Khakassia, Kemerovo Oblast, and Tomsk Oblast.Kuznetsk Alatau Nature Reserve. Vegetation is mostly dark
taiga
Taiga (; rus, тайга́, p=tɐjˈɡa; relates to Mongolic and Turkic languages), generally referred to in North America as a boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruc ...
(coniferous forest).The district is about 250 km east of the regional city of Kemerovo.
Tisulsky District borders with Tyazhinsky District in the north,
Krapivinsky District
Krapivinsky District (russian: Крапи́винский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.Law #215-OZ As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Krapivinsky Municipal Distric ...