En Name: | Alikovsky District |
Ru Name: | Аликовский район |
Loc Lang1: | Chuvash |
Loc Name1: | Элӗк районӗ |
Image View: | Univermag Alikovo.jpg |
Coordinates: | 55.7358°N 46.7356°W |
Federal Subject: | Chuvash Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | selo |
Adm Ctr Name: | Alikovo |
Selsoviet Type1: | rural settlement |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 12 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 115 |
Mun Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Alikovsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 12 |
Area Km2: | 554.1 |
Pop 2010Census: | 18282 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Established Date: | October 1, 1927 |
Website: | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=57 |
Date: | November 2009 |
Alikovsky District (ru|А́ликовский райо́н; cv|Элӗк районӗ, Elĕk 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 northwestern central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and Yadrinsky Districts in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with Krasnochetaysky District in the west. The area of the district is 554.1km2.[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Alikovo. Population: The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.
The district was formed on October 1, 1927.[4]
There is a construction plant in Alikovo.
The Cheboksary–Yadrin and the Cheboksary–Krasnye Chetay autoroute cross the territory of the district.
As of the 2010 Census, 97.55% of the raion's population was ethnically Chuvash, 1.76% of the population was ethnically Russian, and the remaining 0.69% of the population was from other ethnic groups.[5]
There is a middle school in Alikovo.
There is the Alikovo District Literary and Local Lore Museum, a people's theater, a folk band, a veteran's orchestra, a school's brass band, and a chorus. Regional Chuvash music festival "Vir'yal shevlisem" (lit. Viryal's pancakes) takes place in May of each year.