Anthem of the Chuvash Republic
Administrative territorial division Economic and geographical position of the Chuvash Republic Chuvashia was established on June 24, 1920 as the Chuvash Autonomous region .On April 7, 1925, it was transformed into the Chuvash ASSR. Since 1991-Chuvash Republic .It is part of the Volga Federal district .Area: 18.3 thousand square km. Population: 1352 million. Administrative divisions: 21 districts,9 cities, and 8 urban-type settlements .The capital of the Republic is Cheboksary, located on the Bank of the Volga river, in a valley formed by the Cheboksary and Kaibulka rivers . Cheboksary is a river port, a road junction, a railway station, and an airport . The city's population is 495.3 thousand inhabitants . The city has been known since 1469 . The most developed industries are: mechanical engineering, cable products factory , Cheboksary knitwear , brewing, production of building materials.Other main cities : Novocheboksarsk , Kanash ,Shumerlya, Alatyr , Tsivilsk .National composition of the Republic: 67% - Chuvash ;26% - Russian; 4% - Tatars and other nationalities