Cheboksarsky District
Cheboksarsky District
Чебоксарский район | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Chuvash | Шупашкар районӗ |
Church of the Nativity of Christ, Cheboksarsky District | |
Location of Cheboksarsky District in the Chuvash Republic | |
| Coordinates: 56°05′35″N 46°58′12″E / 56.093°N 46.970°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chuvash Republic |
| Established | September 5, 1927 |
| Administrative center | Kugesi |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,178.8 km2 (455.1 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 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, 171 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Cheboksarsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 0 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 97644000 |
| Website | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=93 |
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Cheboksarsky District (Russian: Чебокса́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Шупашкар районӗ, Şupaşkar rayonĕ) is an administrative and municipal 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). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Kugesi. Population: 62,920 (2010 Census); 58,766 (2002 Census); 57,107 (1989 Soviet census).