Isilkulsky District (russian: Исильку́льский райо́н; kk, Есілкөл ауданы, ) is an administrativeLaw #467-OZ and municipalLaw #548-OZ district (

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), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast,

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. It is located in the southwest of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Isilkul Isilkul (russian: Исильку́ль; kk, Есілкөл, translit=Esılköl) is a town in Omsk Oblast, Russia, located west of Omsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: Etymology The name of the town is Kazakh, with "Esil" ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 18,942 ( 2010 Census);

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Isilkulsky District is one of the thirty-two in the oblast. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Isilkulsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Isilkul being incorporated within it as Isilkul Urban Settlement.

Administrative and municipal status

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