Cheboksary

Cheboksary Чебоксары
City[1]
Other transcription(s)
• Chuvash	Шупашкар
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Anthem of Cheboksary[2][3]
Location of Cheboksary
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Coordinates: 56°09′N 47°14′E / 56.150°N 47.233°E / 56.150; 47.233
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Chuvashia[1]
First mentioned	1469[4]
City status since	1781[4]
Government
• Body	City Assembly of Deputies[5]
• Head[5]	Oleg Nikolayev[6]
Area [7]
• Total	250.9 km2 (96.9 sq mi)
Elevation [8]	178 m (584 ft)
Population  (2010 Census)[9]
• Total	453,721
• Estimate  (2018)[10]	492,331 (+8.5%)
• Rank	39th in 2010
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi)
Administrative status
• Subordinated to	city of republic significance of Cheboksary[1]
• Capital of	Chuvash Republic[1]
• Capital of	city of republic significance of Cheboksary[1]
Municipal status
• Urban okrug	Cheboksary Urban Okrug[11]
• Capital of	Cheboksary Urban Okrug[11]
Time zone	UTC+3 (MSK [12])
Postal code(s)[13]	428000–428006, 428008–428015, 428017–428025, 428027–428029,428031, 428032, 428034–428038, 428899, 428999, 996200
Dialing code(s)	+7 8352
OKTMO ID	97701000001
City Day	Third Sunday of August
Twin towns	Antalya, Eger, Santa Clara, Krasnoyarsk, Penza
Website	gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=81

Cheboksary (/ˌtʃɛbɒkˈsæri/; Russian: Чебокса́ры; Chuvash: Шупашкар, tr. Šupaškar) is the capital city of Chuvashia, Russia. It is also a major port on the Volga River.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Law #28
2. ↑ Charter of Cheboksary, Article 4
3. ↑ Decision #1525
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Cite error: The named reference gr was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Charter of Cheboksary, Article 23
6. ↑ Official website of Cheboksary. Leonid Ilyich Cherkesov, Head of the City of Cheboksary (in Russian)
7. ↑ Resolution #2083
8. ↑ Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details.
9. ↑ Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
10. ↑ "26. Численность постоянного населения Российской Федерации по муниципальным образованиям на 1 января 2018 года". Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Law #37
12. ↑ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
13. ↑ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)