Alatyrsky District
District in Chuvash Republic, Russia
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Alatyrsky District (Russian: Ала́тырский райо́н; Chuvash: Улатăр районӗ, Ulatăr 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 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);[6] 26,007 (1989 Soviet census).[7]
Alatyrsky District
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| 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′00″N 46°45′00″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chuvash Republic[1] |
| Administrative center | Alatyr[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,940 km2 (750 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 17,244 |
| • Density | 8.89/km2 (23.0/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[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK  [5]) |
| 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.[4] The town of republic significance of Alatyr is incorporated separately from the district as Alatyr Urban Okrug.[4]