Chuvash Republic | |
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Чувашская Республика — Чувашия | |
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• Chuvash | Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен |
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Coordinates: 55°33′N 47°06′E / 55.550°N 47.100°ECoordinates: 55°33′N 47°06′E / 55.550°N 47.100°E | |
Kintra | Roushie |
Federal destrict | Volga[1] |
Economic region | Volga-Vyatka[2] |
Established | 24 Juin 1920[3] |
Capital | Cheboksary |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | State Cooncil[4] |
• Preses[6] | Mikhail Ignatyev[5] |
Area | |
• Total | 18300 km2 (7,100 sq mi) |
Area rank | 74t |
Population (2010 Census)[8] | |
• Total | 1,251,619 |
• Estimate (2018)[9] | 1,231,117 (−1.6%) |
• Rank | 41st |
• Density | 68/km2 (180/sq mi) |
• Urban | 58.8% |
• Rural | 41.2% |
Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time ![]() |
ISO 3166 code | RU-CU |
License plates | 21 |
OKTMO ID | 97000000 |
Offeecial leids | Roushie;[11] Chuvash[12] |
Website | http://www.cap.ru/ |
The Chuvash Republic (Roushie: Чува́шская Респу́блика — Чува́шия; Chuvash: Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен), commonly kent as Chuvashie (Чува́шия), is a federal subject o Roushie (a republic). It is the hameland o the Chuvash fowk. Its caipital is the ceety o Cheboksary. Population: 1,251,619 (2010 Census).[8]
The Chuvash Republic is locatit in the centre o the European pairt o Roushie, in the hert o the Volga-Vyatka region, midway atween Nizhny Novgorod an Kazan. The republic is no lairge, but is ane o the maist densely populatit regions in the Roushie Federation, wi a tot population o 1.35 million.
It is bordered bi the Mari El in the north, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in the wast, the Republic o Mordovie in the soothwast, Ulyanovsk Oblast in the sooth, an the Republic o Tatarstan in the east an sootheast. Some o the Volga River valley reservoirs are in the north o the republic, an the Sura River flows towards the Volga alang hintle o the republic's wastren boundary. The republic's central location gies companies locatit here access tae some o the maist industrially developit regions o the kintra.
The lairgest ceety is Cheboksary, thegither wi its neighbour Novocheboksarsk. Houiver the majority o the republic is rural. Forests, maistly in the sooth alang the Sura River, kiver approximately 30% o the land.[13]
The republic's naitural resoorces include gypsum, saund, tripoli, cley, sapropel deposits, phosphorite, an peat.
The republic haes a moderate continental climate. Average temperatures range frae −13 °C (9 °F) in Januar tae +19 °C (66 °F) in Julie. Annual precipitation can reach 500 millimeter (20 in)[13] The varied climate affers baith simmer an winter recreational opportunities.
Main airticle: Admeenistrative diveesions o the Chuvash Republic |