Urmarsky District

Urmarsky District
Урмарский район (Russian)
Вăрмар районĕ (Chuvash)

Location of Urmarsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Flag
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Chuvash Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of December 2011)
Administrative center urban-type settlement of Urmary[1]
Administrative divisions:
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 15
Inhabited localities:
Urban-type settlements[2] 1
Rural localities 51
Municipal structure (as of November 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Urmarsky Municipal District[3]
Municipal divisions:[3]
Urban settlements 1
Rural settlements 15
Statistics
Area 598.3 km2 (231.0 sq mi)
Population (2010 Census) 25,189 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 22.5%
 Rural 77.5%
Density 42.1/km2 (109/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Established September 5, 1927
Official website
Urmarsky District on WikiCommons

Urmarsky District (Russian: Урма́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Вăрмар районĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[3] 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). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Urmary.[1] Population: 25,189(2010 Census);[4] 28,189(2002 Census);[7] 29,868(1989 Census).[8] The population of Urmary accounts for 22.5% of the district's total population.[4]

History

The district was established on September 5, 1927. The well-known Chuvash author and literary critic Dimitri Vladimirovich Isayev was born in Kovali, Urmarsky District.[9]

Demographics

97% of the population is ethnic Chuvash.

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Law #28
  2. The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 3 Law #37
  4. 1 2 3 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. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. 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). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. Demoscope Weekly (1989). "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]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  9. Юрьев, Михаил Иванович (1975). Писатели советской Чувашии (in Russian). Чувашское книжное изд-во. p. 158. Retrieved 2014-12-19.

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