Cheboksarsky District

Cheboksarsky District (Russian: Чебокса́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Шупашкар районӗ, Şupaşkar rayonĕ) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the north of the republic and borders with the Mari El Republic in the north, Mariinsko-Posadsky District in the east, Tsivilsky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts in the south, and with Morgaushsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,178.8 square kilometers (455.1 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kugesi.^[1] Population: 62,920 (2010 Census);^[3] 58,766 (2002 Census);^[7] 57,107 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

Cheboksarsky District Чебоксарский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Шупашкар районӗ
Church of the Nativity of Christ, Cheboksarsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Cheboksarsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 56.093°N 46.970°E / 56.093; 46.970
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic[1]
Established	September 5, 1927
Administrative center	Kugesi[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,178.8 km2 (455.1 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	62,920
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Urban	18.9%
• Rural	81.1%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	17 rural settlement
• Inhabited localities	1 Urban-type settlements[4], 171 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Cheboksarsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	97644000
Website	http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=93

Geography

The Volga River parts the district into a smaller area in the north and a larger southern area which contains the majority of the population.

History

The district was established on September 5, 1927.^{[citation needed]}

Notable residents

• Hyacinth (born Nikita Bichurin; 1777–1853), one of the founding fathers of Russian Sinology
• Mikhail Ignatyev (1962–2020), politician

References

Notes

1. Law #28
2. "Cheboksarsky" (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
3. Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
4. The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
5. Law #37
6. "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
7. Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
8. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

Sources

• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №28 от 19 декабря 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чувашской Республики», в ред. Закона №37 от 30 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чувашской Республики и признании утратившим силу Закона Чувашской Республики "О едином балансе активов и пассивов Чувашской Республики"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Совета ЧР", №23, 1998. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #28 of December 19, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Chuvash Republic, as amended by the Law #37 of July 30, 2013 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Chuvash Republic and on Abrogating the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Consolidated Balance of Assets and Liabilities of the Chuvash Republic". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №37 от 24 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа», в ред. Закона №54 от 9 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чувашской Республики "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №49-50, 30 ноября 2004 г. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #37 of November 24, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #54 of October 9, 2015 On Amending the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication date.).