Chuvashia

Chuvash Republic Чувашская Республика (Russian) Чӑваш Республики (Chuvash) Çăvaš Respubliki (Transliteration)
—  Republic  —
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: "State Anthem of the Chuvash Republic"[1]
Coordinates: 55°33′N 47°06′E / 55.550°N 47.100°E / 55.550; 47.100
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Volga[2]
Economic region	Volga-Vyatka[3]
Established	June 24, 1920[4]
Capital	Cheboksary[5]
Government (as of February 2015)
• Head[7]	Oleg Nikolayev[6]
• Legislature	State Council[8]
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)[9]
• Total	18,300 km2 (7,100 sq mi)
Area rank	74th
Population (2010 Census)[10]
• Total	1,251,619
• Rank	41st
• Density[11]	68.39/km2 (177.1/sq mi)
• Urban	58.8%
• Rural	41.2%
Population (January 2014 est.)
• Total	1,240,000[12]
Time zone(s)	MSK (UTC+04:00)
ISO 3166-2	RU-CU
License plates	21, 121
Official languages	Russian;[13] Chuvash[14]
Official website

The Chuvash Republic (Russian: Чувашская Республика — Чувашия, Chuvashskaya Respublika – Chuvashiya; Chuvash: Чӑваш Республики, transl. Çăvaš Respubliki), or Chuvashia (Russian: Чувашия, Chuvashiya; Chuvash: Чӑваш Ен, transl. Çăvaš En), is a federal subject of Russia. Specifically, it is a republic. It is the home of the Chuvash people, a Turkic ethnic group. Its capital is the city of Cheboksary. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 1,251,619.^[10]

1. ↑ Law #12
2. ↑ Президент Российской Федерации. Указ №849 от 13 мая 2000 г. «О полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе». Вступил в силу 13 мая 2000 г. Опубликован: "Собрание законодательства РФ", №20, ст. 2112, 15 мая 2000 г. (President of the Russian Federation. Decree #849 of May 13, 2000 On the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in a Federal District. Effective as of May 13, 2000.).
3. ↑ Госстандарт Российской Федерации. №ОК 024-95 27 декабря 1995 г. «Общероссийский классификатор экономических регионов. 2. Экономические районы», в ред. Изменения №5/2001 ОКЭР. (Gosstandart of the Russian Federation. #OK 024-95 December 27, 1995 Russian Classification of Economic Regions. 2. Economic Regions, as amended by the Amendment #5/2001 OKER. ).
4. ↑ "Chuvashiya | republic, Russia".
5. ↑ Constitution of the Chuvash Republic, Article 67.2
6. ↑ "Putin dismissed the head of Chuvashia, Mikhail Ignatiev, in connection with a loss of confidence". NewsRU (in Russian). 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
7. ↑ Constitution of the Chuvash Republic, Article 68
8. ↑ Constitution of the Chuvash Republic, Article 77
9. ↑ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Территория, число районов, населённых пунктов и сельских администраций по субъектам Российской Федерации (Territory, Number of Districts, Inhabited Localities, and Rural Administration by Federal Subjects of the Russian Federation)". Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 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.
11. ↑ The density value was calculated by dividing the population reported by the 2010 Census by the area shown in the "Area" field. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox is not necessarily reported for the same year as the population.
12. ↑ Chuvash Republic Territorial Branch of the Federal State Statistics Service. Численность населения Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
13. ↑ Official throughout the Russian Federation according to Article 68.1 of the Constitution of Russia.
14. ↑ Constitution of the Chuvash Republic, Article 8