Iskitimsky District (russian: Искити́мский райо́н) is an administrative and municipalLaw #200-OZ district (

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), one of the

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Novosibirsk Oblast Novosibirsk Oblast (russian: Новосиби́рская о́бласть, ''Novosibirskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) located in southwestern Siberia. Its administrative and economic center is the city of Novosibi ...

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. It is located in the east of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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is the

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Iskitim Iskitim (russian: Искити́м) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Berd River. Population: History In 1717, four villages were documented on the site of the future city: Koinovo, ...

(which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 62,816 ( 2010 Census);

Geography

Rivers

Koyon River The Koyon (russian: Коён) is a river in Iskitimsky District of Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Berd Berd ( hy, Բերդ) is a town and urban municipal community in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is loc ...

Berd River The Berd (russian: Бердь) is a river in Russia, a right tributary of the Ob. The Berd begins on the western slopes of the Salair ridge, flows in Altai Krai territory and the rest in Novosibirsk Oblast. The river empties into the Novosibi ...

Administrative and municipal status

Residential gardens of Iskitimsky District Within the framework of administrative divisions, Iskitimsky District is one of the

in the oblast. The town of

serves as its

, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Iskitimsky Municipal District. The Town of Iskitim is incorporated separately from the district as Iskitim Urban Okrug.

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