Tsivilsk (russian: Циви́льск; cv, Çӗрпӳ, ''Śĕrpü'') is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Tsivilsky District
Tsivilsky District (russian: Циви́льский райо́н; cv, Çĕрпӳ районӗ, ''Śĕrpü rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district ( raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is ...
of the
Chuvash Republic,
Russia
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, located from the republic's
capital city
A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational entity, usually as its seat of the government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses t ...
of
Cheboksary
Cheboksary (; russian: Чебокса́ры, r=Cheboksáry, p=tɕɪbɐˈksarɨ; cv, Шупашкар, ''Şupaşkar'') is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia and a port on the Volga River.
Geography
The city is located in the Volga Upland reg ...
, at the crossroads of the highways from
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...
to
Kazan
Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering an ...
and from Tsivilsk to
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population:
The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...
. Population:
History
The original fortress at Tsivilsk was founded in 1589 as a Russian military outpost among the Chuvash population.
Administrative and municipal status
Within the
framework of administrative divisions, Tsivilsk serves as the
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of
Tsivilsky District
Tsivilsky District (russian: Циви́льский райо́н; cv, Çĕрпӳ районӗ, ''Śĕrpü rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district ( raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is ...
.
[Law #28] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Tsivilsky District as Tsivilskoye
Urban Settlement
An Urban settlement is a concentrated settlement that is part of an urban area. It is an area with high density of human-created structures.
*Municipal urban settlement, a type of subdivision such as Cape town in Western Cape
*Urban settlement, ...
.
As a
municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban settlement status and is a part of Tsivilsky Municipal District.
[Law #37]
Infrastructure
There is a tall guyed mast used for FM- and TV-broadcasting in the town.
References
Notes
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Cities and towns in Chuvashia
Tsivilsky Uyezd
Populated places established in 1589