Kanashsky District
| Kanashsky District Канашский район (Russian) Канаш районĕ (Chuvash) |
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 Location of Kanashsky District in the Chuvash Republic |
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| Coordinates: 55°31′30″N 47°08′20″E / 55.525°N 47.139°ECoordinates: 55°31′30″N 47°08′20″E / 55.525°N 47.139°E | |
 Abandoned Bridge, Kanashsky District |
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| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Chuvash Republic |
| Administrative structure (as of December 2011) | |
| Administrative center | town of Kanash |
| Administrative divisions: | |
| rural settlement | 24 |
| Inhabited localities: | |
| Rural localities | 108 |
| Municipal structure (as of November 2011) | |
| Municipally incorporated as | Kanashsky Municipal District |
| Municipal divisions: | |
| Urban settlements | 0 |
| Rural settlements | 24 |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 981.4 km2 (378.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 Census) | 39,708 inhabitants |
| • Urban | 0% |
| • Rural | 100% |
| Density | 40.46/km2 (104.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Established | September 5, 1927 |
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Kanashsky District (Russian: Кана́шский райо́н; Chuvash: Канаш районĕ) is an administrative and municipal 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 981.4 square kilometers (378.9 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kanash (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 39,708 (2010 Census); 42,623 (2002 Census);46,236 (1989 Census).
The district was established on September 5, 1927.
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.
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