Ust-Ishimsky District

Not to be confused with Ishimsky District.

Ust-Ishimsky District (Russian: Усть-Иши́мский райо́н) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 7,846 square kilometers (3,029 sq mi).^[2]} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ust-Ishim,^[1] which, as its name indicates,^[how?] is located at the confluence of the Ishim River with the Irtysh.

Ust-Ishimsky District Усть-Ишимский район
District
Confluence of Siberian rivers - the Ishim flows into the Irtysh, at the village Ust-Ishim, in Ust-Ishimsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Ust-Ishimsky District in Omsk Oblast
Coordinates: 57°41′40″N 71°10′15″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Omsk Oblast[1]
Established	25 May 1925
Administrative center	Ust-Ishim[1]
Area [2]
• Total	7,846 km2 (3,029 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	13,480
• Density	1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	13 rural okrug
• Inhabited localities[1]	51 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Ust-Ishimsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+6 (MSK+3 [5])
OKTMO ID	52657000
Website	http://www.ust-ishim.narod.ru/

Population: 13,480 (2010 Census);^[3] 16,479 (2002 Census);^[6] 21,670 (1989 Soviet census).^[7] The population of Ust-Ishim accounts for 35.6% of the district's total population.^[3]

The Ust'-Ishim man, an ancient skeleton dated to 45,000 years before present, was discovered on the bank of the Irtysh River in Ust-Ishimsky District.

Notable residents

• Vilis Krištopans (born 1954), Latvian politician, Prime Minister of Latvia 1998–1999