Shumerlinsky District
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Shumerlinsky District (Russian: Шумерлинский район; Chuvash: Çĕмĕрле районĕ) is a district (raion) of the Chuvash Republic, Russia. The district's administrative center, the town of Shumerlya, is located 110 kilometers (68 mi) from Chuvashia's capital city of Cheboksary. District's population: 13,298 (2002 Census) (mostly Chuvash); 16,187 (1989 Census).
The district was formed on January 9, 1935. It is situated in the west of the republic, bordering Alikovsky and Krasnochetaysky Districts in the north, Vurnarsky District in the east, Ibresinsky and Poretsky Districts in the south, and Nizhny Novgorod Oblast on the Sura River in the west.
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