Berdyuzhsky District
Berdyuzhsky District is an administrative district, one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Berdyuzhsky Municipal District. It is located in the south of the oblast. The area of the district is. Its administrative center is the rural locality of Berdyuzhye. Population: 11,490 ; The population of Berdyuzhye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.
Geography
Berdyuzhsky District is located in the south of Tyumen Oblast, on the border with Kurgan Oblast, and near the Kazakhstan–Russia border. The terrain is flat upland of forest-steppe landscape. There are numerous lakes in elongated chains that follow the general course of ancient runoff to the northeast. The largest lake is Siverga. A significant portion of the district is agricultural land. The district is on the eastern extent of the inter-river region of the drainages of the Tobol River and the Ishim River. The administrative center is the town of Berdyuzhye. Berdyuzhsky District is 384 km east of the city of Tyumen, 50 km north of the city of Petropavl, Kazakhstan, and 1,800 km east of Moscow. The area measures 75 km, 50 km ; total area is 2,800 km2.The district is bordered on the north by Golyshmanovsky District, on the east by Kazansky District, on the south by Mokrousovsky District of Kurgan Oblast, and on the west by Armizonsky District.