title: Nizhneilimsky District
text: # Nizhneilimsky District
  
  Nizhneilimsky District (Russian: Нижнеили́мский райо́н) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Municipally, it is incorporated as Nizhneilimsky Municipal District. The area of the district is 36,823 square kilometers (14,217 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky. Population: 55,096 (2010 Census); 63,727 (2002 Census); 77,291 (1989 Census).
  
  ## Administrative and municipal status
  
  Within the framework of administrative divisions, Nizhneilimsky District is one of the thirty-three in the oblast. The town of Zheleznogorsk-Ilimsky serves as its administrative center.
  
  As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Nizhneilimsky Municipal District.
  
  