Poretsky District

Poretsky District (Russian: Поре́цкий район; Chuvash: Пăрачкав районӗ, Păraçkav rayonĕ) is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is 1,116.9 square kilometers (431.2 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Poretskoye.^[1] Population: 13,992 (2010 Census);^[3] 17,311 (2002 Census);^[6] 19,486 (1989 Soviet census).^[7] The population of Poretskoye accounts for 41.6% of the district's total population.^[3]

Poretsky District Порецкий район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Пăрачкав районӗ
Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Poretsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Poretsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55.179°N 46.112°E / 55.179; 46.112
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic[1]
Established	5 September 1927
Administrative center	Poretskoye[1]
Area [2]
• Total	1,116.9 km2 (431.2 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	13,992
• Density	13/km2 (32/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	12 rural settlement
• Inhabited localities	37 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Poretsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	0 urban settlements, 12 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	97635000
Website	http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=72