Cheboksarsky District

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 Census).

Cheboksarsky District
Чебоксарский район
Other transcription(s)
  ChuvashШупашкар районӗ
Church of the Nativity of Christ, Cheboksarsky District
Location of Cheboksarsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 56.093°N 46.970°E / 56.093; 46.970
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChuvash Republic
EstablishedSeptember 5, 1927
Administrative centerKugesi
Area
  Total1,178.8 km2 (455.1 sq mi)
Population
  Total62,920
  Estimate 
(2018)
62,184 (−1.2%)
  Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
  Urban
18.9%
  Rural
81.1%
Administrative structure
  Administrative divisions17 rural settlement
  Inhabited localities1 Urban-type settlements, 171 rural localities
Municipal structure
  Municipally incorporated asCheboksarsky Municipal District
  Municipal divisions0 urban settlements, 17 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK )
OKTMO ID97644000
Websitehttp://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=93
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