Alikovsky District
Аликовский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Chuvash | Элӗк районӗ |
Coordinates: 55°44′09″N 46°44′08″E / 55.73583°N 46.73556°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chuvash Republic[1] |
Established | October 1, 1927[2] |
Administrative center | Alikovo[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 554.1 km2 (213.9 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 18,282 |
• Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 12 rural settlement |
• Inhabited localities | 115 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Alikovsky Municipal District[5] |
• Municipal divisions[5] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [6]) |
OKTMO ID | 97605000 |
Website | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=57 |
Alikovsky District (Russian: А́ликовский райо́н; Chuvash: Элӗк районӗ, Elĕk rayonĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] 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 554.1 square kilometers (213.9 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Alikovo.[1] Population: 18,282 (2010 Russian census);[4] 21,745 (2002 Census);[7] 23,575 (1989 Soviet census).[8] The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.[4]
The district was formed on October 1, 1927.[2]
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.[9]
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.