Yalchiksky District
Яльчикский район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Chuvash | Елчĕк районӗ |
Coordinates: 55°08′02″N 47°37′44″E / 55.134°N 47.629°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chuvash Republic[1] |
Established | September 5, 1927 |
Administrative center | Yalchiki[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 567.2 km2 (219.0 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 20,452 |
• Density | 36/km2 (93/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 9 rural settlement |
• Inhabited localities | 53 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Yalchiksky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
OKTMO ID | 97655000 |
Website | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=79 |
Yalchiksky District (Russian: Я́льчикский райо́н; Chuvash: Елчĕк районӗ, Yelçĕk rayonĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with the Republic of Tatarstan in the north, south, and east, Komsomolsky District in the west, and with Batyrevsky District in the southwest. The area of the district is 567.2 square kilometers (219.0 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yalchiki.[1] Population: 20,452 (2010 Census);[3] 25,033 (2002 Census);[6] 28,549 (1989 Soviet census);[7] 35,200 (1979 Census). The population of Yalchiki accounts for 12.4% of the district's total population.[3]