En Name: | Shumerlya |
Ru Name: | Шумерля |
Loc Name1: | Çĕмĕрле |
Loc Lang1: | Chuvash |
Coordinates: | 55.5333°N 69°W |
Map Label Position: | right |
Image Coa: | Герб Шумерли c короной.gif |
Federal Subject: | Chuvash Republic |
Adm City Jur: | Town of Shumerlya |
Adm Ctr Of1: | Town of Shumerlya |
Adm Ctr Of2: | Shumerlinsky District |
Inhabloc Cat: | Town |
Urban Okrug Jur: | Shumerlya Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of1: | Shumerlya Urban Okrug |
Mun Admctr Of2: | Shumerlinsky Municipal District |
Area Km2: | 13.8 |
Pop 2010Census: | 31722 |
Established Date: | 1916 |
Current Cat Date: | 1937 |
Postal Codes: | 429120, 429122–429125, 429127, 429130, 429139 |
Website: | http://gov.cap.ru/Default.aspx?gov_id=76 |
Shumerlya (Russian: Шу́мерля; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле, Śĕmĕrle) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 35,000 (1974).
Founded in 1916, it was granted town status in 1937.[1]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlya serves as the administrative center of Shumerlinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[2] 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.[3]