Shumerlya (English) Шумерля (Russian) Çĕмĕрле (Chuvash) |
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Shumerlya railway station building |
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Location of the Chuvash Republic in Russia |
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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 |
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Urban okrug | Shumerlya Urban Okrug |
Administrative center of | Shumerlya Urban Okrug, Shumerlinsky Municipal District |
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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 Novgorod–Ulyanovsk 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.