Cheboksarsky District
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Cheboksarsky District (Russian: Чебокса́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Шупашкар районĕ) is a district (raion) of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The district's administrative center Kugesi is located 14 km from Chuvashia's capital Cheboksary. District's population: 58,766 (2002 Census); 57,107 (1989 Census).
The district was formed on September 5, 1927. It is situated in the north of Chuvashia, bordering the Mari El Republic in the north, Mariinsko-Posadsky District to the east, Tsivilsky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts to the south, and Morgaushsky District to the west.
The Volga River parts the district into a smaller trans-Volga area in the north, and a larger southern area which contains the majority of settlements.
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