Zhelezin | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Official Name: | Железин ауданы |
Mapsize: | 300px |
Mapsize1: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pavlodar Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Zhelezinka |
Leader Title: | Akim |
Leader Name: | Shaykhimov Aitugan Abylayevich[1] |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1938 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 7700 |
Population As Of: | 2013 |
Population Total: | 16907 |
Timezone: | East |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Zhelezin (Kazakh: Железин ауданы, Kazakh: Jelezin audany) is a district of Pavlodar Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the selo of Zhelezinka.[2] Population:
Elmira Abdrazakova, born in the above Kazakh district, was crowned Miss Russia 2013, representing her adopted country at the Miss World and Miss Universe pageants that took place the same year.
Lakes Zharagash and Kyzyltuz are located in the district, close to the Kazakhstan-Russia border.[3]