Shumerlinsky District

Shumerlinsky District (Russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле районӗ, Śĕmĕrle 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 Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west. The area of the district is 1,047.6 square kilometers (404.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 10,765(2010 Census); 13,298 (2002 Census); 16,187(1989 Census).

Shumerlinsky District
Шумерлинский район
Other transcription(s)
  ChuvashÇĕмĕрле районӗ
Kumashkynskyy reserve, Shumerlinsky District
Location of Shumerlinsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55.5333°N 46.4167°E / 55.5333; 46.4167
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChuvash Republic
EstablishedJanuary 9, 1935
Administrative centerShumerlya
Area
  Total1,047.6 km2 (404.5 sq mi)
Population
  Total10,765
  Estimate 
(2018)
8,806 (−18.2%)
  Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
  Urban
0%
  Rural
100%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions11 rural settlement
  Inhabited localities57 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asShumerlinsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Websitehttp://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=77
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