Poretsky District (; , ''Păraçkav rayonĕ'') is an administrative
[Law #28] and municipal
[Law #37] district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-one in the
Chuvash Republic
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,
Russia
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. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality
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(a ''
selo'') of
Poretskoye.
Population: 17,311 (
2002 Census);
The population of Poretskoye accounts for 41.6% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Chuvashia