Shumerlinsky District
Шумерлинский район
District
Other transcription(s)
 • ChuvashÇĕмĕрле районӗ
Kumashkynskyy reserve, Shumerlinsky District
Kumashkynskyy reserve, Shumerlinsky District
Flag of Shumerlinsky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Shumerlinsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Shumerlinsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55°32′00″N 46°25′00″E / 55.5333°N 46.4167°E / 55.5333; 46.4167
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChuvash Republic[1]
EstablishedJanuary 9, 1935[2]
Administrative centerShumerlya[1]
Area
[3]
 • Total1,047.6 km2 (404.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[4]
 • Total10,765
 • Estimate 
(2018)[5]
8,806 (−18.2%)
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
 • Urban
0%
 • Rural
100%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions11 rural settlement
 • Inhabited localities57 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asShumerlinsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]0 urban settlements, 11 rural settlements
Websitehttp://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=77

Shumerlinsky District (Russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле районӗ, Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] 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 1,047.6 square kilometers (404.5 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Shumerlya (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 10,765 (2010 Census);[4] 13,298 (2002 Census);[7] 16,187 (1989 Census).[8]

History

The district was formed on January 9, 1935.[citation needed]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlinsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic.[1] 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.[1]

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Shumerlinsky Municipal District.[6] The town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated separately from the district as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.[6]

Notable residents

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Law #28
  2. ^ "The Historical Past". Shumerlinsky District (official site). Shemurlinsky District. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "General Information" (in Russian). Shumerlinsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  5. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e Law #37
  7. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  8. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.

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