| En Name: | Sladkovsky District |
| Ru Name: | Сладковский район |
| Federal Subject: | Tyumen Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | December 2012 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Sladkovo |
| Selsoviet Type1: | Rural okrugs |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 10 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 46 |
| Mun Data As Of: | December 2012 |
| Mun Formation1: | Sladkovsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 10 |
| Mun Formation1 Leader Title: | Head of the Administration |
| Mun Formation1 Leader Title Ref: | [1] |
| Mun Formation1 Leader Name: | Alexander Ivanov |
| Area Km2: | 4023 |
| Pop 2010Census: | 12264 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
| Established Date: | November 12, 1923 |
| Website: | http://sladkovo.admtyumen.ru/ |
| Date: | April 2013 |
Sladkovsky District (Russian: Сладко́вский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.[2] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sladkovsky Municipal District.[3] It is located in the southeast of the oblast and borders with Abatsky 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 4023km2.[4] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Sladkovo. Population: 12,264 (2010 Census); The population of Sladkovo accounts for 26.9% of the district's total population.
The district is located in the southeastern portion of Tyumen Oblast in the steppe zone. 2826.73km2 of the district's territory are used for agricultural needs, including 673.28km2 for ploughland, 752.23km2 as hayfields, 523.68km2 as pastures, 794.82km2 as forests, and 807.92km2 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 248km2. The biggest of them is lake Tavolzhan, with a total surface area of 71km2 and a length of over 15km (09miles). The program encouraging commercial fishing in the lake was initiated in 2007.[5]
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. 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.
As of 2013, the Head of the District Administration is Alexander Ivanov.
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.[6] 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 10km (10miles) west of Sladkovo, the administrative center of the district. Its total area is 1500km2, 300km2 of which lie in Sladkovsky District and 740km2—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).