Izium district is located in the south-eastern part of Kharkiv region, in the historical and ethnographic region of Slobozhanshchyna. The rivers Seversky Donets and Oskil flow within the district. Mount Kremenets on the right bank of the Seversky Donets near the town of Izyum is a complex monument of nature and history, the famous Izyum route of Tatar raids passed by it.
The city of Izyum is the administrative center of the Izyum district. Here are such historical and cultural monuments as the Transfiguration Cathedral of the XVII century, the Church of the Exaltation of the Cross of the XVIII century, the Ascension Cathedral of the XIX century.
The area of the district is more than 5910 square kilometers. The population of the district reaches 182 thousand people.
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