Ust-Tarksky District
# Ust-Tarksky District

Ust-Tarksky District (Russian: Усть-Та́ркский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 4,061 square kilometers (1,568 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Ust-Tarka. Population: 12,307 (2010 Census); 14,670 (2002 Census); 15,405 (1989 Census). The population of Ust-Tarka accounts for 31.0% of the district's total population.

## Notable residents

* Viktor Markin (born 1957 in the village of Oktyabrsky), Soviet Olympic athlete
