Issinsky District

Issinsky District (Иссинский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the north of the oblast. The area of the district is 926.3 km2. Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Issa. Population: 11,157 (2010 Census); The population of Issa accounts for 48.6% of the district's total population.

Notable residents

 * Filipp Cherokmanov (1899–1978), Soviet Army lieutenant general, Hero of the Soviet Union, born in the village of Marovka