Ichalkovsky District (Russian: Ича́лковский райо́н; Erzya: Ицял буе, Itsäl buje; Moksha: Ичалконь аймак, Ičalkoń ajmak) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-two in the Republic of Mordovia, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic. The area of the district is 1,265 square kilometers (488 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Kemlya.[2] As of the 2010 Census, the total population of the district was 20,582, with the population of Kemlya accounting for 23.5 % of that number.[4]
^ abConstitution of the Republic of Mordovia, Article 63
^Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 г. Национальный состав населения по регионам России [All Union Population Census of 1979. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of Russia] (XLS). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года [All-Union Population Census of 1979] (in Russian). 1979 – via Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics.