Kanashsky District

District in Chuvash Republic, Russia

Kanashsky District Канашский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Канаш районӗ
Abandoned Bridge, Kanashsky District
Flag Coat of arms
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; 47.139
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic[1]
Established	September 5, 1927[2]
Administrative center	Kanash[1]
Area [3]
• Total	981.4 km2 (378.9 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	39,708
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	24rural settlement
• Inhabited localities	108 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporatedas	Kanashsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 24 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [6])
OKTMOID	97616000
Website	http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=63

Kanashsky District (Russian: Кана́шский райо́н; Chuvash: Канаш районӗ, Kanaş rayonĕ) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[5] 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 townofKanash (which is not administratively a part of the district).^[1] Population: 39,708 (2010 Russian census);^[4] 42,623 (2002 Census);^[7] 46,236 (1989 Soviet census).^[8]

The district was established on September 5, 1927.^[2]

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.^[5] The town of republic significance of Kanash is incorporated separately from the district as Kanash Urban Okrug.^[5]

• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №28 от 19 декабря 1997 г. «Об административно-территориальном устройстве Чувашской Республики», в ред. Закона №37 от 30 июля 2013 г. «О внесении изменений в отдельные законодательные акты Чувашской Республики и признании утратившим силу Закона Чувашской Республики "О едином балансе активов и пассивов Чувашской Республики"». Вступил в силу со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Ведомости Государственного Совета ЧР", №23, 1998. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #28 of December 19, 1997 On the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the Chuvash Republic, as amended by the Law #37 of July 30, 2013 On Amending Several Legislative Acts of the Chuvash Republic and on Abrogating the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Consolidated Balance of Assets and Liabilities of the Chuvash Republic". Effective as of the official publication date.).
• Государственный Совет Чувашской Республики. Закон №37 от 24 ноября 2004 г. «Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа», в ред. Закона №54 от 9 октября 2015 г. «О внесении изменений в Закон Чувашской Республики "Об установлении границ муниципальных образований Чувашской Республики и наделении их статусом городского, сельского поселения, муниципального района и городского округа"». Вступил в силу через 10 дней со дня официального опубликования. Опубликован: "Республика", №49-50, 30 ноября 2004 г. (State Council of the Chuvash Republic. Law #37 of November 24, 2004 On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug, as amended by the Law #54 of October 9, 2015 On Amending the Law of the Chuvash Republic "On Establishing the Borders of the Municipal Formations of the Chuvash Republic and on Granting Them Status of Urban, Rural Settlement, Municipal District, and Urban Okrug". Effective as of the day which is 10 days after the official publication date.).