Kanashsky District
{{Infobox Russian district
|en_name=Kanashsky District
|ru_name=Канашский район
|loc_name1=Канаш районӗ
|loc_lang1=Chuvash
|image_map={{Russia district OSM map}}
|map_caption=Location of Kanashsky District in the Chuvash Republic
|image_view=Abandoned Bridge, Kanashsky District.jpg
|image_caption=Abandoned Bridge, Kanashsky District
|coordinates = {{coord|55.525|N|47.139|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}}
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|image_flag= Flag of Kanashsky rayon.png
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|image_coa= Герб Канашского района (Чувашия).png
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|federal_subject=Chuvash Republic
|adm_data_as_of=December 2011
|adm_ctr_type=town
|adm_ctr_name=Kanash
|selsoviet_type1=rural settlement
|no_of_selsoviets_type1=24
|no_of_rural_localities=108
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----MUNICIPAL STATUS----
|mun_data_as_of=November 2011
|mun_formation1=Kanashsky Municipal District
|mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements=0
|mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=24
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----STATISTICS----
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|area_km2=981.4
|pop_2010census=39708
|urban_pop_2010census=0%
|rural_pop_2010census=100%
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----HISTORY----
|established_date=September 5, 1927
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----MISCELLANEA----
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|website=http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=63
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|date=May 2012
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Kanashsky District ({{langx|ru|Кана́шский райо́н}}; {{langx|cv|Канаш районӗ}}, Kanaş rayonĕ) is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 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 {{convert|981.4|km2|sp=us}}.{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://gov.cap.ru/SiteMap.aspx?gov_id=63&id=189188|publisher=Kanashsky District|language=russian|access-date=August 31, 2016}} Its administrative center is the town of Kanash (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: {{ru-census2010|39,708|;}} 42,623 (2002 Census);{{ru-pop-ref|2002Census}} {{su-census1989|46,236|.}}
History
The district was established on September 5, 1927.{{cite web|title=About the District|url=http://gov.cap.ru/SiteMap.aspx?gov_id=63&id=299350|website=Kanashsky District (official website)|publisher=Kanashsky District|accessdate=16 October 2016}}
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kanashsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. 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.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Kanashsky Municipal District. The town of republic significance of Kanash is incorporated separately from the district as Kanash Urban Okrug.
References
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Category:Districts of Chuvashia
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