Poretsky District
Порецкий район | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Chuvash | Пăрачкав районӗ |
Coordinates: 55°10′44″N 46°06′43″E / 55.179°N 46.112°E | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chuvash Republic[1] |
Established | 5 September 1927 |
Administrative center | Poretskoye[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,116.9 km2 (431.2 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 13,992 |
• Density | 13/km2 (32/sq mi) |
• Urban | 0% |
• Rural | 100% |
Administrative structure | |
• Administrative divisions | 12 rural settlement |
• Inhabited localities | 37 rural localities |
Municipal structure | |
• Municipally incorporated as | Poretsky Municipal District[4] |
• Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
OKTMO ID | 97635000 |
Website | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=72 |
Poretsky District (Russian: Поре́цкий район; Chuvash: Пăрачкав районӗ, Păraçkav 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 southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 1,116.9 square kilometers (431.2 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Poretskoye.[1] Population: 13,992 (2010 Census);[3] 17,311 (2002 Census);[6] 19,486 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Poretskoye accounts for 41.6% of the district's total population.[3]