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Abatsky District

human settlement in Russia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ2217422 ↗
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Abatsky District (Russian: Аба́тский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Abatsky Municipal District. It is located in the southeast of the oblast. The area of the district is 4,080 square kilometers (1,580 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Abatskoye. Population: 19,837 (2010 Census); 23,566 (2002 census); 26,453 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Abatskoye accounts for 40.1% of the district's total population.

Geography

Abatsky District is located in the southeast of Tyumen Oblast, supporting mostly agricultural land on forest-steppe terrain of the West Siberian Plain. The district is in the Ural Federal District, on the west side of the border with the Siberian Federal District. The Ishim River runs from south to north through the middle of the district, about 130 km south of where it enters the Irtysh River to the north.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Abatsky District” is human settlement in Russia. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Abatsky, District and human, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2010, 2002, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923-11-12. For this dossier, Abatsky, District and human is the immediate research focus.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2217422. Authority coordinates are 56.283, 70.450. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2010, 2002 and 1989.

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