Isilkul ( Russian : Исильку́ль ; Kazakh : Есілкөл , romanized : Esılköl ) is a town in Omsk Oblast , Russia , located 120 kilometers (75 mi) west of Omsk , the administrative center of the oblast . Population: 24,482 ( 2010 Census ) ; 26,549 ( 2002 Census ) ; 26,430 ( 1989 Soviet census ) .
6-516: The name of the town is Kazakh, with "Esil" being the Kazakh name for the Ishim River and "köl" meaning 'lake'. Within the framework of administrative divisions , Isilkul serves as the administrative center of Isilkulsky District , even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of oblast significance of Isilkul —an administrative unit with
12-507: Is a river running through Kazakhstan and Russia . It is 2,450 kilometres (1,520 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 177,000 square kilometres (68,000 sq mi). Its average discharge is 56.3 cubic metres per second (1,990 cu ft/s). It is a left tributary of the Irtysh . The Ishim is partly navigable in its lower reaches. The upper course of the Ishim passes through Astana ,
18-815: Is also divided into two sections, the Right (northern) Bank of the Ishim or the old town, and the Left (southern) Bank, where the new government buildings such as the Ak Orda , the House of the Government, and the Supreme Court are located, as well as many prestigious apartment and living complexes. Since 1998, the Ishim in Astana has been actively managed, for flood management and maintaining water level, in order to provide for recreational use and ensure
24-464: The capital of Kazakhstan. In Russia, the course of the river travels through a vast marshland, and has countless meanders and oxbow lakes . The river freezes from late November until March. The largest tributaries of the Ishim are, from source to mouth: According to the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev , Astana was chosen as the capital in part due to the presence of the river. The city
30-463: The showpiece appearance. It is dammed downstream of central Astana, keeping its level higher than it otherwise would be most of the time, while the river bottom has been made deeper, in order to let flood waters through faster. In central Astana, near the city park, there is now a public beach and pedalo boat rental; meanwhile, if the river had not been dammed, "citizens would have been able to walk across it". Another dam will be constructed upstream of
36-678: The status equal to that of the districts . As a municipal division , the town of oblast significance of Isilkul is incorporated within Isilkusky Municipal District as Isilkul Urban Settlement . The town is a transfer point on the southern branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway between the Western Siberian and Sverdlovsk railroads. Ishim River The Ishim ( Russian : Иши́м , romanized : Ishim ; Kazakh : Есіл , romanized : Esıl )
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