Alatyrsky District Explained

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);

Administrative and municipal status

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.

References

Sources

54.85°N 46.5833°W

Notes and References

  1. Law #28
  2. Law #37
  3. Web site: Alatyrsky. Federal State Statistics Service, Russian Federation. ru. August 27, 2016.