Alatyrsky District (Russian: Ала́тырский райо́н; Chuvash: Улатăр районӗ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[5] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 1,940 square kilometers (750 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Alatyr (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 17,244 (2010 Census);[3] 21,630 (2002 Census);[7] 26,007 (1989 Census).[8]

Alatyrsky District Алатырский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Улатăр районӗ
Sura River, Alatyrsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Alatyrsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 54°55′0″N 46°45′0″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic[1]
Administrative center	Alatyr[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,940 km2 (750 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	17,244
• Estimate  (2018)[4]	14,558 (−15.6%)
• Density	8.9/km2 (23/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	16 rural settlement
• Inhabited localities	46 Rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Alatyrsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 Urban settlements, 16 Rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMO ID	97603000
Website	http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=55

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Alatyrsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic.[1] The town of Alatyr 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 Alatyrsky Municipal District.[5] The town of republic significance of Alatyr is incorporated separately from the district as Alatyr Urban Okrug.[5]

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Notes

Sources

• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №28 от 19 декабря 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чувашской Республики», в ред. Закона №37 от 30 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чувашской Республики и признании утратившим силу Закона Чувашской Республики "О едином балансе активов и пассивов Чувашской Республики"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Совета ЧР", №23, 1998. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #28 of December 19, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Chuvash Republic, as amended by the Law #37 of July 30, 2013 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Chuvash Republic and on Abrogating the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Consolidated Balance of Assets and Liabilities of the Chuvash Republic". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №37 от 24 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа», в ред. Закона №54 от 9 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чувашской Республики "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №49-50, 30 ноября 2004 г. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #37 of November 24, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #54 of October 9, 2015 On Amending the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication date.).

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