Shumerlinsky District
| Shumerlinsky District Шумерлинский район (Russian) Çĕмĕрле районĕ (Chuvash) |
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 Location of Shumerlinsky District in the Chuvash Republic |
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| Coordinates: 55°32′00″N 46°25′00″E / 55.5333°N 46.4167°ECoordinates: 55°32′00″N 46°25′00″E / 55.5333°N 46.4167°E | |
 Kumashkynskyy reserve, Shumerlinsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chuvash Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of December 2011) | |
| Administrative center | town of Shumerlya |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| rural settlement | 11 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 57 |
| Municipal structure (as of November 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Shumerlinsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 11 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,047.6 km2 (404.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 10,765 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 10.28/km2 (26.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | January 9, 1935 |
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Shumerlinsky District (Russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле районĕ) 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).
The district was formed on January 9, 1935.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. The town of Shumerlya serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significance—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
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