Cheboksarsky District
| Cheboksarsky District Чебоксарский район (Russian) Шупашкар районĕ (Chuvash) |
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 Location of Cheboksarsky District in the Chuvash Republic |
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| Coordinates: 56°05′35″N 46°58′12″E / 56.093°N 46.970°ECoordinates: 56°05′35″N 46°58′12″E / 56.093°N 46.970°E | |
_01.jpg) Church of the Nativity of Christ, Cheboksarsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chuvash Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of December 2011) | |
| Administrative center | urban-type settlement of Kugesi |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| rural settlement | 17 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Urban-type settlements | 1 |
| Rural localities | 171 |
| Municipal structure (as of November 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Cheboksarsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 17 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,178.8 km2 (455.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 62,920 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 18.9% |
| • Rural | 81.1% |
| Density | 53.38/km2 (138.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | September 5, 1927 |
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Cheboksarsky District (Russian: Чебокса́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Шупашкар районĕ, Shupashkar 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).
The Volga River parts the district into a smaller area in the north and a larger southern area which contains the majority of the population.
The district was established on September 5, 1927.
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