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Shumerlya

Shumerlya (English)
Шумерля (Russian)
Çĕмĕрле (Chuvash)
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Железнодорожный вокзал города Шумерля вид из города 01.JPG
Shumerlya railway station building
Map of Russia - Chuvash Republic (2008-03).svg
Location of the Chuvash Republic in Russia
Shumerlya is located in Chuvash Republic
Shumerlya
Shumerlya
Location of Shumerlya in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55°32′N 46°23′E / 55.533°N 46.383°E / 55.533; 46.383Coordinates: 55°32′N 46°23′E / 55.533°N 46.383°E / 55.533; 46.383
Coat of Arms of Shumerlya (Chuvashia) (1976).png
Coat of arms
Administrative status (as of July 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Chuvash Republic
Administratively subordinated to Town of Shumerlya
Administrative center of Town of Shumerlya,Shumerlinsky District
Municipal status (as of November 2011)
Urban okrug Shumerlya Urban Okrug
Administrative center of Shumerlya Urban Okrug, Shumerlinsky Municipal District
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 31,722 inhabitants
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded 1916
Town status since 1937
Postal code(s) 429120, 429122–429125, 429127, 429130, 429139
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Shumerlya (Russian: Шу́мерля; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле, Şĕmĕrle) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny NovgorodUlyanovsk highway. Population: 31,722 (2010 Census);36,239 (2002 Census);41,986 (1989 Census); 35,000 (1974).

Founded in 1916, it was granted town status in 1937.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlya serves as the administrative center of Shumerlinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Shumerlya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.


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