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Vurnarsky District

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Country
  
Russia

Urban settlements
  
1

Urban-type settlements
  
1

Founded
  
5 September 1927

Federal subject
  
Chuvash Republic

Rural settlements
  
18

Area
  
1,013 km²

Vurnarsky District

Administrative center
  
urban-type settlement of Vurnary

Vurnarsky District (Russian: Вурна́рский райо́н; Chuvash: Вăрнар районĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with Alikovsky and Krasnoarmeysky Districts in the north, Kanashsky District in the east, Ibresinsky District in the south, and with Shumerlinsky District in the west. The area of the district is 1,012.6 square kilometers (391.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Vurnary. Population: 35,850 (2010 Census); 41,417 (2002 Census); 44,864 (1989 Census). The population of Vurnary accounts for 28.1% of the district's total population.

Contents

Map of Vurnarskiy r-n, Chuvashia Republic, Russia

Notable people

  • Praski Vitti (born 1936), Chuvash painter
  • References

    Vurnarsky District Wikipedia