En Name: | Urmarsky District |
Ru Name: | Урмарский район |
Loc Name1: | Вăрмар районӗ |
Loc Lang1: | Chuvash |
Image View: | Детский сад в Кудеснерах.jpg |
Coordinates: | 55.661°N 47.606°W |
Federal Subject: | Chuvash Republic |
Adm Data As Of: | December 2011 |
Adm Ctr Type: | urban-type settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Urmary |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Urban settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Rural settlements |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 15 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 51 |
Mun Data As Of: | November 2011 |
Mun Formation1: | Urmarsky Municipal District |
Mun Formation1 No Of Urban Settlements: | 1 |
Mun Formation1 No Of Rural Settlements: | 15 |
Area Km2: | 598.3 |
Pop 2010Census: | 25189 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 22.5% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 77.5% |
Established Date: | September 5, 1927 |
Website: | http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=73 |
Date: | October 2011 |
Urmarsky District (Russian: Урма́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Вăрмар районӗ, Vărmar rayonĕ) is an administrative[1] and municipal[2] 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 598.3km2.[3] Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Urmary. Population: The population of Urmary accounts for 22.5% of the district's total population.
The district was established on 5 September 1927.[3] The well-known Chuvash author and literary critic Dimitri Isayev was born in Kovali, Urmarsky District.[4]
97% of the population is ethnic Chuvash.[3]