Tsivilsky District

Tsivilsky District^[a] is an administrative^[1] and municipal^[4] district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northeast of the republic and borders with Cheboksarsky District in the north and northwest, Mariinsko-Posadsky District in the northeast, Kanashsky District in the south, and with Krasnoarmeysky District in the west. The area of the district is 790.8 square kilometers (305.3 sq mi).^[2] Its administrative center is the town of Tsivilsk.^[1] Population: 36,772 (2010 Census);^[3] 38,744 (2002 Census);^[6] 37,581 (1989 Soviet census).^[7] The population of Tsivilsk accounts for 36.7% of the district's total population.^[3]

Tsivilsky District Цивильский район
District
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Çĕрпӳ районӗ
August harvest in Tsivil River valley, Tsivilsky District
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Tsivilsky District in the Chuvash Republic
Coordinates: 55.821°N 47.208°E / 55.821; 47.208
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvash Republic[1]
Established	September 5, 1927[2]
Administrative center	Tsivilsk[1]
Area [2]
• Total	790.8 km2 (305.3 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[3]
• Total	36,772
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban	36.7%
• Rural	63.3%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	1 Urban settlements, 16 Rural settlements
• Inhabited localities	1 cities/towns, 138 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Tsivilsky Municipal District[4]
• Municipal divisions[4]	1 urban settlements, 16 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [5])
OKTMO ID	97641000
Website	http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=74

History

The district was established on September 5, 1927.^[2]

Notable residents

• Olimpiada Ivanova (born 1970), race walker
• Olga Vasilyeva (born 1974), football player for Azerbaijan