Shumerlya
Шумерля
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• Chuvash | Çĕмĕрле |
Shumerlya railway station building
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Location of Shumerlya | |
Location of Shumerlya Show map of RussiaShumerlya (Chuvash Republic) Show map of Chuvash Republic | |
Coordinates: 55°32′N 46°23′E / 55.533°N 46.383°E / 55.533; 46.383 | |
Country | Russia |
Federal subject | Chuvashia[1] |
Founded | 1916[2] |
Town status since | 1937[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 13.8 km2 (5.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 31,722 |
• Density | 2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
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• Subordinated to | Town of Shumerlya[1] |
• Capitalof | Town of Shumerlya,[1] Shumerlinsky District[1] |
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• Urban okrug | Shumerlya Urban Okrug[4] |
• Capitalof | Shumerlya Urban Okrug,[4] Shumerlinsky Municipal District[4] |
Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ![]() |
Postal code(s)[6] |
429120, 429122–429125, 429127, 429130, 429139
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OKTMOID | 97713000001 |
Website | gov |
Shumerlya (Russian: Шу́мерля; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле, Śĕmĕrle) is a town in the Chuvash Republic, Russia, located on the right bank of the Sura River on the Nizhny Novgorod–Ulyanovsk highway. Population: 31,722 (2010 Russian census);[3] 36,239 (2002 Census);[7] 41,986 (1989 Soviet census);[8] 35,000 (1974).
Founded in 1916, it was granted town status in 1937.[2]
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Shumerlya serves as the administrative centerofShumerlinsky District, even though it is not a part of it.[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the town of republic significance of Shumerlya—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, the town of republic significance of Shumerlya is incorporated as Shumerlya Urban Okrug.[4]
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