| En Name: | Tisulsky District |
| Ru Name: | Тисульский район |
| Image View: | Kiya River.jpg |
| Image Coa: | Coat of Arms of Tisulsky rayon (Kemerovo oblast).png |
| Federal Subject: | Kemerovo Oblast |
| Adm Data As Of: | November 2012 |
| Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
| Adm Ctr Name: | Tisul |
| Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Urban-type settlements |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 3 |
| Selsoviet Type1: | Rural territories |
| No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 10 |
| No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 3 |
| No Of Rural Localities: | 34 |
| Mun Data As Of: | November 2012 |
| Mun Formation1: | Tisulsky Municipal District |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 3 |
| Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 10 |
| Area Km2: | 8100 |
| Area Km2 Ref: | [1] |
| Pop 2010Census: | 25045 |
| Urban Pop 2010Census: | 58.4% |
| Rural Pop 2010Census: | 41.6% |
| Website: | http://www.tisul.ru/ |
| Date: | February 2013 |
Tisulsky District (Russian: Тисульский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the nineteen in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.[2] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Tisulsky Municipal District.[3] It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 8100km2.[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Tisul. Population: 28,471 (2002 Census); The population of Tisul accounts for 36.1% of the district's total population.
The district is in the northeast of Kemerovo Oblast, and the Kuznetsk Basin, and covers the northern end of the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range. The Kuznetsk Alatau is the source of many rivers and streams that flow north to the Kiya River, and eventually the Tom River. Much of the terrain is mid-height mountains, with the southern portion of the district being part of a federally protected area, the Kuznetsk Alatau Nature Reserve. Vegetation is mostly dark taiga (coniferous forest).The district is about 250 km east of the regional city of Kemerovo. [4]
Tisulsky District borders with Tyazhinsky District in the north, Krapivinsky District in the south, and with Chebulinsky District in the west.