Yalchiksky District

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Yalchiksky District (, Yelçĕk rayonĕ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the southeast of the republic and borders with the Republic of Tatarstan in the north, south, and east, Komsomolsky District in the west, and with Batyrevsky District in the southwest. The area of the district is 567.2 km2. Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yalchiki. Population: 35,200 (1979 Census). The population of Yalchiki accounts for 12.4% of the district's total population.

History

The district was established on September 5, 1927.

Demographics

97% of the population are Chuvash.

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