| Sladkovsky District (English) Сладковский район (Russian) |
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Location of Sladkovsky District on the map of Tyumen Oblast |
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| Administrative status | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tyumen Oblast |
| Administrative center | selo of Sladkovo |
| Municipal status | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Sladkovsky Municipal District |
| - Head of the Administration[1] | Alexander Anokhin[1] |
| - # of urban settlements | 0 |
| - # of rural settlements | 10 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,022.78 km2 (1,553.20 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census, preliminary) |
12,263 inhabitants[2] |
| Population (2002 Census) | 15,052 inhabitants[3] |
| - Urban population | 0% |
| - Rural population | 100% |
| Density | 3 /km2 (7.8 /sq mi)[4] |
| Time zone | YEKST (UTC+06:00)[5] |
| Established | November 12, 1923[6] |
| Official website | |
Sladkovsky District (Russian: Сладко́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Sladkovsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeastern portion of the oblast and borders with Abbatsky District in the north, Omsk Oblast in the east, Kazakhstan in the south, Kazansky District in the west, and with Ishimsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 4,022.78 square kilometers (1,553.20 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sladkovo. District's population: 12,263 (2010 Census preliminary results);[2] 15,052 (2002 Census);[3] 17,750 (1989 Census).[7] Population of Sladkovo accounts for 23.1% of the district's population.[3]
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The district is located in the southeastern portion of Tyumen Oblast in the steppe zone. 2,826.73 square kilometers (1,091.41 sq mi) of the district's territory are used for agricultural needs, including 673.28 square kilometers (259.95 sq mi) for ploughland, 752.23 square kilometers (290.44 sq mi) as hayfields, 523.68 square kilometers (202.19 sq mi) as pastures, 794.82 square kilometers (306.88 sq mi) as forests, and 807.92 square kilometers (311.94 sq mi) as water resources.
The district is also known as the place of blue lakes. 108 lakes are located on its territory, with total surface area of 248 square kilometers (96 sq mi). The biggest of them is Lake Talvozhan, with the total surface area of 71 square kilometers (27 sq mi) and the width of 75 kilometers (47 mi). The program encouraging commercial fishing in the lake was initiated in 2007.[8]
The district was established on November 12, 1923 within Ishim Okrug of Ural Oblast by merging Rozhdestvenskaya, Sladkovskaya, Usovskaya, and a part of Maslyanskaya Volosts.[6] After a series of administrative transformations, abolitions, and restorations, the district was established in its present form on January 12, 1965 from eleven selsoviets of Maslyansky District of Tyumen Oblast.[6]
As of 2011, the Head of the District Administration is Alexander Anokhin.[1]
Agriculture plays a leading role in the economy of Sladkovsky District. The main (and equally represented) branches of agriculture are:
In 2010, 218 million rubles worth of goods were produced in the district, which is 29% more than in 2009.[9] The following goods are produced by the district's factories:
The total workforce is 7,200 people, including 6,700 economically active. The employment is distributed as follows:
Unemployment level is low (0.1%).
Sladkovo wildlife reserve is located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) west of Sladkovo, the administrative center of the district. Its total area is 1,500 square kilometers (580 sq mi), 300 square kilometers (120 sq mi) of which lie in Sladkovsky District and 740 square kilometers (290 sq mi)—in Nazyvayevsky District of Omsk Oblast.
This reserve is a result of fifteen years of hard work of restoring and preserving wildlife (Siberian Roe Deer, wild boars, marals, moose, and birds).