Vurnarsky District (russian: Вурна́рский райо́н; cv, Вăрнар районӗ, ''Vărnar 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
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
. It is located in the center of the republic and borders with
Alikovsky and
Krasnoarmeysky Districts in the north,
Kanashsky District
Kanashsky District (russian: Кана́шский райо́н; cv, Канаш районӗ, ''Kanaş rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is loca ...
in the east,
Ibresinsky District
Ibresinsky District (russian: Ибре́синский райо́н; cv, Йĕпреç районӗ, ''Yĕpreś rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It ...
in the south, and with
Shumerlinsky District
Shumerlinsky District (russian: Шу́мерлинский райо́н; cv, Çĕмĕрле районӗ, ''Śĕmĕrle rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, R ...
in the west. The area of the district is .
Its
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
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
is the
urban locality (an
urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlementrussian: посёлок городско́го ти́па, translit=posyolok gorodskogo tipa, abbreviated: russian: п.г.т., translit=p.g.t.; ua, селище міського типу, translit=selyshche mis'koho typu, ab ...
) of
Vurnary.
Population: The population of Vurnary accounts for 28.1% of the district's total population.
Notable people
*
Maxim Mikhailov
Maxim Dormidontovich Mikhailov (russian: Максим Дормидонтович Михайлов; – Moscow 30 March 1971) was a Russian bass. His son, Igor Mikhailov (1920-1983) was the bass of the Bolshoi for several decades. His grandson M ...
(1893–1971), operatic bass singer, born in Koltsovka
*
Praski Vitti (born 1936), Chuvash painter, born in the village of Algazino
References
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Districts of Chuvashia
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