Krasnochetaysky District

Krasnochetaysky District
Красночетайский район
Other transcription(s)
  ChuvashХĕрлĕ Чутай районӗ
Pond in Krasnochetaysky District
Location of Krasnochetaysky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55°40′0″N 46°15′0″E / 55.66667°N 46.25000°E / 55.66667; 46.25000
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChuvash Republic
EstablishedSeptember 27, 1944
Administrative centerKrasnye Chetai
Area
  Total
691.6 km2 (267.0 sq mi)
Population
  Total
16,941
  Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions10 rural settlement
  Inhabited localities70 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asKrasnochetaysky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 10 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID97626000
Websitehttp://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=69

Krasnochetaysky District (Russian: Красночета́йский райо́н; Chuvash: Хĕрлĕ Чутай районӗ, Hĕrlĕ Çutay rayonĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Yadrinsky District in the north, Morgaushsky District in the east, Alikovsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the west. The area of the district is 691.6 square kilometers (267.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Krasnye Chetai. Population: 16,941(2010 Census); 21,117(2002 Census); 24,589(1989 Soviet census). The population of Krasnye Chetai accounts for 15.5% of the district's total population.