Batyrevsky District

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Batyrevsky District (Russian: Ба́тыревский райо́н; Chuvash: Патăрьел районĕ) is a district (raion) of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The district's administrative center, the village (selo) of Batyrevo, is located 138 kilometers (86 mi) from Chuvashia's capital city of Cheboksary. Area of the district: 944 square kilometers (364.5 sq mi). District's population: 41,769 (2002 Census); 44,243 (1989 Census). TheChuvash account for about 75% of the population and the Tatars—for 22%.

The district was formed on September 5, 1927. It is situated in the south-east part of Chuvashia, bordering Komsomolsky and Ibresinsky Districts in the north, Yantikovsky District in the east, Shemurshinsky District and the Republic of Tatarstan in the south, and Alatyrsky District in the west.

The Head of the District Administration is Nikolay Ivanovich Glukhov.

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