Urmarsky District
Урмарский район
District
Other transcription(s)
 • ChuvashВăрмар районӗ
Children's school in Kudesner, Urmarsky District
Children's school in Kudesner, Urmarsky District
Flag of Urmarsky District
Flag
Coat of arms of Urmarsky District
Coat of arms
Map
Location of Urmarsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55°39′40″N 47°36′22″E / 55.661°N 47.606°E / 55.661; 47.606
CountryRussia
Federal subjectChuvash Republic[1]
EstablishedSeptember 5, 1927[2]
Administrative centerUrmary[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total598.3 km2 (231.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2010 Census)[3]
 • Total25,189
 • Estimate 
(2018)[4]
22,610 (−10.2%)
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
 • Urban
22.5%
 • Rural
77.5%
Administrative structure
 • Administrative divisions1 Urban settlements, 15 Rural settlements
 • Inhabited localities1 Urban-type settlements[5], 51 rural localities
Municipal structure
 • Municipally incorporated asUrmarsky Municipal District[6]
 • Municipal divisions[6]1 urban settlements, 15 rural settlements
Time zoneUTC+3 (MSK Edit this on Wikidata[7])
OKTMO ID97538000
Websitehttp://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=73

Urmarsky District (Russian: Урма́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Вăрмар районӗ, Vărmar rayonĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[6] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with Kozlovsky District in the north, Tsivilsky District in the northwest, Yantikovsky District in the south, and with Kanashsky District in the west. The area of the district is 598.3 square kilometers (231.0 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Urmary.[1] Population: 25,189 (2010 Census);[3] 28,189 (2002 Census);[8] 29,868 (1989 Census).[9] The population of Urmary accounts for 22.5% of the district's total population.[3]

History

The district was established on 5 September 1927.[2] The well-known Chuvash author and literary critic Dimitri Isayev was born in Kovali, Urmarsky District.[10]

Demographics

97% of the population is ethnic Chuvash.[2]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Law #28
  2. ^ a b c d e "General Information" (in Russian). Urmarsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
  5. ^ The count of urban-type settlements may include the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  6. ^ a b c Law #37
  7. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  8. ^ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  9. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  10. ^ Юрьев, Михаил Иванович (1975). Писатели советской Чувашии (in Russian). Чувашское книжное изд-во. p. 158. Retrieved December 19, 2014.

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