Yalchiksky District

Yalchiksky District
Яльчикский район
Other transcription(s)
  ChuvashЕлчĕк районӗ
White Lake, Yalchiksky District
Location of Yalchiksky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55°08′02″N 47°37′44″E / 55.134°N 47.629°E / 55.134; 47.629
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChuvash Republic
EstablishedSeptember 5, 1927
Administrative centerYalchiki
Area
  Total
567.2 km2 (219.0 sq mi)
Population
  Total
20,452
  Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions9 rural settlement
  Inhabited localities53 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asYalchiksky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID97655000
Websitehttp://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=79

Yalchiksky District (Russian: Я́льчикский райо́н; Chuvash: Елчĕк районӗ, Yelçĕk rayonĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with the Republic of Tatarstan in the north, south, and east, Komsomolsky District in the west, and with Batyrevsky District in the southwest. The area of the district is 567.2 square kilometers (219.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yalchiki. Population: 20,452(2010 Census); 25,033(2002 Census); 28,549(1989 Soviet census); 35,200 (1979 Census). The population of Yalchiki accounts for 12.4% of the district's total population.