En Name: | Shumerlinsky District |
Ru Name: | Шумерлинский район |
Loc Name1: | Çĕмĕрле районӗ |
Loc Lang1: | Chuvash |
Image View: | Озеро близ о.п. Кумашка, Кумашкинский заказник.JPG |
Coordinates: | 55.5333°N 46.4167°W |
Federal Subject: | Chuvash Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | town |
Adm Ctr Name: | Shumerlya |
Selsoviet Type1: | rural settlement |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 11 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 57 |
Mun Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Shumerlinsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 0 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 11 |
Area Km2: | 1047.6 |
Pop 2010Census: | 10765 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 0% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 100% |
Established Date: | January 9, 1935 |
Established Date Ref: | [1] |
Website: | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=77 |
Date: | May 2012 |
Shumerlinsky District (ru|Шу́мерлинский райо́н; cv|Çĕмĕрле районӗ, Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ) is an administrative[2] and municipal[3] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the west of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and with Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west. The area of the district is 1047.6km2.[4] Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 13,298 (2002 Census);
The district was formed on January 9, 1935.
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. The town of Shumerlya 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 Shumerlinsky Municipal District. The town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated separately from the district as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.