Python question about positioning of "from... import" statement

Hi, this is more of a Python question but here is something I don't understand in a Django script.

The following script works fine:

import os

import django

if __name__ == '__main__':

    print("Starting Rango delete data script...")

    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'tango.settings')

    django.setup()

    from rango.models import Category, Page

    Page.objects.all().delete()

    Category.objects.all().delete()

    print("Deleted all data from tables: Page and Category.")

...but when I move the "from... import" statement to the top of the file:

import os

import django

from rango.models import Category, Page

if __name__ == '__main__':

    print("Starting Rango delete data script...")

    os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'tango.settings')

    django.setup()

    Page.objects.all().delete()

    Category.objects.all().delete()

    print("Deleted all data from tables: Page and Category.")

...I get an error:

  File "C:\landy\lib\site-packages\django\conf\__init__.py", line 40, in _setup

    % (desc, ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE))

django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting DEFAULT_INDEX_TAB

LESPACE, but settings are not configured. You must either define the environment

 variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE or call settings.configure() before accessing s

ettings.

What is going on?

Thanks

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