Arshaly
District
Arşaly audany
Country	Kazakhstan
Region	Aqmola Region
Administrative center	Arshaly
Founded	1930
Government
• Akim	Aidar Itemgenovich Baymanov[1]
Area
• Total	2,200 sq mi (5,800 km2)
Population  (2013)[2]
• Total	27,119
Time zone	UTC+6 (East)

Arshaly District (Kazakh: Аршалы ауданы, Arşaly audany) is a district of Akmola Region in northern Kazakhstan. The administrative center of the district is the settlement of Arshaly. Population: 27,940 (2009 Census results);^[3] 29,620 (1999 Census results).^[3]

The district is located in the south-east of Akmola region,^[4] on the Kazakh melkosopochnik. The area of the territory is 5.8 thousand km²,^[5] which is 3.75% of the entire territory of the region (the 14th district in terms of territory size in the region). The length from west to east is 100 km, from south to north — 110 km.

Borders:

• with the districts of Akmola region:
  • in the north-west with the Tselinograd district;
  • in the northeast with the Yerementau district;
• with districts of Karaganda region:
  • in the south with Osakarovsky district;
  • in the southwest with the Nurinsky district.

The eastern part is occupied by the low southern spurs of the Yerementau Mountains. The climate is continental. Winter is cold, long-lasting; average temperature in January -17°C; summer is moderately hot, average temperature in July is 20°C. The average annual precipitation is 300-350 mm . The Ishim River flows through the territory of the district with tributaries of the Kyzylmol and Olenty. Most small rivers dry up in summer. Many lakes. The largest: Ulken and Kishi Saryoba, Balyktykol, Tanakol, Baidaly, Shalkar, Kyzylkol and others.^[6]

The district was formed initially as Vishnevsky, by the Decree of the Presidium of the Karaganda Regional Executive Committee of February 10, 1935 as a result of the unbundling of the Akmola and Telman districts of the Karaganda region. The administrative center of the district was the village of Vishnevka (now the village of Arshaly).^[7]

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR of October 14, 1939, Vishnevsky district was transferred to the newly formed Akmola region.^[8]

By the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 14, 1997 No. 3759 "On renaming certain administrative-territorial units of the Akmola region and changing their transcription" Vishnevsky district was renamed Arshalynsky district.^[9]

Arshalynsky district — as a separate administrative unit of the 2nd level of Kazakhstan, includes 13 administrative-territorial entities of the 3rd level, including: 1 village administration and 12 rural districts.^[10]

52°43′40″N 61°08′07″E / 52.72778°N 61.13528°E / 52.72778; 61.13528

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