Shemurshinsky District
District in Chuvash Republic, Russia
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Shemurshinsky District (Russian: Шемурши́нский район; Chuvash: Шăмăршă районӗ, Şămărşă 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 and southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 799.1 square kilometers (308.5 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Shemursha.[1] Population: 14,759 (2010 census);[3] 16,588 (2002 Census);[6] 18,186 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Shemursha accounts for 25.5% of the district's total population.[3]
Shemurshinsky District
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Chuvash | Шăмăршă районӗ |
Chavash Varmane National Park, Shemurshinsky District | |
![]() Location of Shemurshinsky District in the Chuvash Republic | |
| Coordinates: 55.808°N 46.896°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chuvash Republic[1] |
| Established | 1927 |
| Administrative center | Shemursha[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 799.1 km2 (308.5 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 14,759 |
| • Density | 18.47/km2 (47.84/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 9 rural settlement |
| • Inhabited localities | 31 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Shemurshinsky Municipal District[4] |
| • Municipal divisions[4] | 0 urban settlements, 9 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK |
| OKTMO ID | 97647000 |
| Website | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=75 |
Notable residents
- Nikolai Ilbekov (1915–1981, born in Trekhizb-Shemursha, Buinsky Uyezd), writer
- Fedor Madurov (1942–2022, born in Baskaki), sculptor and graphic artist
