Alatyrsky District

Alatyrsky District (Russian: Ала́тырский райо́н; Chuvash: Улатăр районĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is 1,940 square kilometers (750 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the town of Alatyr (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 17,244 (2010 Census); 21,630 (2002 Census); 26,007 (1989 Census).
Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Alatyrsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. The town of Alatyr 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...