Tarsky District
District in Omsk Oblast, Russia
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Tarsky District (Russian: Та́рский райо́н) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the thirty-two in Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 15,700 square kilometers (6,100 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Tara (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 19,242 (2010 Census);[3] 22,684 (2002 census);[6] 25,563 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Tarsky District
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 Location of Tarsky District in Omsk Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 56°54′N 74°22′E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Omsk Oblast[1] |
| Established | 19 June 1929 |
| Administrative center | Tara[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 15,700 km2 (6,100 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 19,242 |
| • Density | 1.23/km2 (3.17/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 21 rural okrug |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 74 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Tarsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 1 urban settlements, 21 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (MSK+3 [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 52654000 |
| Website | http://tarsk.omskportal.ru/ |
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tarsky District is one of the thirty-two in the oblast.[1] The town of Tara serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of oblast significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts (and which, in addition to Tara, also includes two rural localities).[1]
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tarsky Municipal District, with the town of oblast significance of Tara being incorporated within it as Tara Urban Settlement.[4]