Poretsky District (russian: Поре́цкий район; cv, Пăрачкав районӗ, ''Păraçkav rayonĕ'') is an administrative
[Law #28] and municipal
[Law #37] district (
raion
A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...
), one of the
twenty-one
21 (twenty-one) is the natural number following 20 and preceding 22.
The current century is the 21st century AD, under the Gregorian calendar.
In mathematics
21 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 3 and 7, and a deficie ...
in the
Chuvash Republic
Chuvashia (russian: Чувашия; cv, Чӑваш Ен), officially the Chuvash Republic — Chuvasia,; cv, Чӑваш Республики — Чӑваш Ен is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. It is the homeland of the Chuv ...
,
Russia
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. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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is the
rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a ''
selo'') of
Poretskoye.
Population: 17,311 (
2002 Census);
The population of Poretskoye accounts for 41.6% of the district's total population.
References
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Districts of Chuvashia