Tobolsky District
# Tobolsky District

Tobolsky District (Russian: Тобо́льский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. Within the framework of municipal divisions, it is incorporated as Tobolsky Municipal District. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 17,222 square kilometers (6,649 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Tobolsk (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 22,354 (2010 Census); 23,679 (2002 Census); 29,661 (1989 Census).

## Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Tobolsky District is one of the twenty-two in the oblast. The town of Tobolsk serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Tobolsky Municipal District. The Town of Tobolsk is incorporated separately from the district as Tobolsk Urban Okrug.

