Yantikovsky District (russian: Янтиковский райо́н; cv, Тăвай районӗ, ''Tăvay rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #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 east of the republic and borders with the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

in the south and east,

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 west, and with

Urmarsky District Urmarsky District (russian: Урма́рский райо́н; cv, Вăрмар районӗ, ''Vărmar rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the administrative divisions of the Chuvash Republic, twen ...

in the north. 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

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 Yantikovo. Population: The population of Yantikovo accounts for 19.2% of the district's total population.

History

The district was formed on January 9, 1935.

Demographics

Over 90% of the district's population is Chuvash.

Notable people

* Vera Kuzmina (1923–2021), theatre actress, born in Yanshikhovo-Norvashi * Ille Takhti (1889–1938), writer and folklorist, born in the village of Nüškassi

References

Notes

Sources