Ust-Ishimsky District

Ust-Ishimsky District
Усть-Ишимский район
Confluence of Siberian rivers - the Ishim flows into the Irtysh, at the village Ust-Ishim, in Ust-Ishimsky District
Location of Ust-Ishimsky District in Omsk Oblast
Coordinates: 57°41′40″N 71°10′15″E / 57.69444°N 71.17083°E / 57.69444; 71.17083
CountryRussia
Federal subjectOmsk Oblast
Established25 May 1925
Administrative centerUst-Ishim
Area
  Total
7,846 km2 (3,029 sq mi)
Population
  Total
13,480
  Density1.7/km2 (4.4/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions13 rural okrug
  Inhabited localities51 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asUst-Ishimsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 13 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+6 (MSK+3 )
OKTMO ID52657000
Websitehttp://www.ust-ishim.narod.ru/

Ust-Ishimsky District (Russian: Усть-Иши́мский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal 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).} Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ust-Ishim, which, as its name indicates, is located at the confluence of the Ishim River with the Irtysh.

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

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.