En Name: | Alatyrsky District |
Ru Name: | Алатырский район |
Loc Name1: | Улатăр районӗ |
Loc Lang1: | Chuvash |
Image View: | Sura near Alatyr.jpg |
Image Coa: | Coat of arms of Alatyrsky municipal District.svg |
Federal Subject: | Chuvash Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Alatyr |
Selsoviet Type1: | rural settlement |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 16 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 46 |
Mun Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Alatyrsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 16 |
Area Km2: | 1940 |
Pop 2010Census: | 17244 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Website: | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=55 |
Date: | November 2009 |
Alatyrsky District (Russian: Ала́тырский райо́н; Chuvash: Улатăр районӗ, Ulatăr rayonĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 1940km2.[3] Its administrative center is the town of Alatyr (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 21,630 (2002 Census);
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Alatyrsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. The town of Alatyr 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.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Alatyrsky Municipal District. The town of republic significance of Alatyr is incorporated separately from the district as Alatyr Urban Okrug.