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