Kanashsky District

Kanashsky District
Канашский район (Russian)
Канаш районĕ (Chuvash)

Location of Kanashsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55°31′30″N 47°08′20″E / 55.525°N 47.139°E / 55.525; 47.139Coordinates: 55°31′30″N 47°08′20″E / 55.525°N 47.139°E / 55.525; 47.139

Abandoned Bridge, Kanashsky District
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Chuvash Republic[1]
Administrative structure (as of December 2011)
Administrative center town of Kanash[1]
Administrative divisions:
rural settlement 24
Inhabited localities:
Rural localities 108
Municipal structure (as of November 2011)
Municipally incorporated as Kanashsky Municipal District[2]
Municipal divisions:[2]
Urban settlements 0
Rural settlements 24
Statistics
Area 981.4 km2 (378.9 sq mi)[3]
Population (2010 Census) 39,708 inhabitants[4]
 Urban 0%
 Rural 100%
Density 40.46/km2 (104.8/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Established September 5, 1927[7]
Official website
Kanashsky District on WikiCommons

Kanashsky District (Russian: Кана́шский райо́н; Chuvash: Канаш районĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the eastern central part of the republic and borders with Tsivilsky and Krasnarmeysky Districts in the north, Urmarsky and Yantikovsky Districts in the east, Komsomolsky and Ibresinsky Districts in the south, and with Vurnarsky District in the west. The area of the district is 981.4 square kilometers (378.9 sq mi).[3] Its administrative center is the town of Kanash (which is not administratively a part of the district).[1] Population: 39,708(2010 Census);[4] 42,623 (2002 Census);[8] 46,236(1989 Census).[9]

History

The district was established on September 5, 1927.[7]

Administrative and municipal status

Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kanashsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic.[1] The town of Kanash 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 Kanashsky Municipal District.[2] The town of republic significance of Kanash is incorporated separately from the district as Kanash Urban Okrug.[2]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Law #28
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Law #37
  3. 1 2 "General Information" (in Russian). Kanashsky District. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
  4. 1 2 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 is only approximate 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 №271-ФЗ от 03 июля 2016 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 #271-FZ of July 03, 2016 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. 1 2 "About the District". Kanashsky District (official website). Kanashsky District. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.

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