Chuvashia

The **Chuvash Republic** (, _Chuvashskaya Respublika – Chuvashiya_; , transl. _Çăvaš Respubliki_), or **Chuvashia** (, _Chuvashiya_; , 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.

## Geography

Chuvashia is located in the center of European Russia. It borders the Mari El Republic, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Republic of Mordovia, and Ulyanovsk Oblast. Some of the major rivers in Chuvashia are the Volga, the Sura, and the Tsivil, but there are over 2,000 rivers in the republic and over 400 lakes. The climate of Chuvashia is continental.

### Natural resources

Some of the natural resources found in Chuvashia include gypsum, sand, clay, sapropel, phosphorite, and peat. There are also deposits of oil and natural gas. 30% of the land area of Chuvashia is forest.

## Demographics

**Population**:

The capital and largest city of Chuvashia is Cheboksary (population 464,000 in 2010). Cheboksary is located on the southern bank of the Volga. Just east of Cheboksary is the second largest city (a satellite city of Cheboksary), Novocheboksarsk (population 124,000 in 2010).

### Ethnic groups

According to the 2010 Census, ethnic Chuvash make up 67.7% of the republic's population. Other groups include Russians (26.9%), Tatars (2.8%), Mordvins (1.1%), and a host of smaller groups, each accounting for less than 0.5% of the total population.
|rowspan="2"|Ethnic group|colspan="2"|1926 Census|colspan="2"|1939 Census|colspan="2"|1959 Census|colspan="2"|1970 Census|colspan="2"|1979 Census|colspan="2"|1989 Census|colspan="2"|2002 Census|colspan="2"|2010 Census<sup>1</sup>|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|Chuvash|667,695|74.6%|777,202|72.2%|770,351|70.2%|856,246|70.0%|887,738|68.4%|906,922|67.8%|889,268|67.7%|814,750|67.7%|
|align="left"|Russians|178,890|20.0%|241,386|22.4%|263,692|24.0%|299,241|24.5%|338,150|26.0%|357,120|26.7%|348,515|26.5%|323,274|26.9%|
|align="left"|Tatars|22,635|2.5%|29,007|2.7%|31,357|2.9%|36,217|3.0%|37,573|2.9%|35,689|2.7%|36,379|2.8%|34,214|2.8%|
|align="left"|Mordvins|23,958|2.7%|22,512|2.1%|23,863|2.2%|21,041|1.7%|20,276|1.6%|18,686|1.4%|15,993|1.2%|13,014|1.1%|
|align="left"|Others|1,301|0.1%|6,703|0.6%|8,596|0.7%|10,930|0.9%|14,874|1.3%|19,606|1.4%|23,599|1.8%|18,298|1.6%|
|colspan="17" align="left"|<sup>1</sup> <small>48,069 people were registered from administrative databases, and could not declare an ethnicity. It is estimated that the proportion of ethnicities in this group is the same as that of the declared group.</small>|||||||||||||||||

## Economy

The Chuvash Republic is the most populous and fertile area in the middle Volga region. There are woodlands on fertile black earth. In farming, wheat and sugar-beet, pigs and beef cattle have become more important than the rye, oats, barley and dairy cattle which were typical for the region.

## References

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## Other websites

- Official website of the Chuvash Republic
- About flag and coat of arms of the Chuvash Republic
- Chuvashia news
- Why do Chuvash people not speak  in Chuvash? (article in Russian)
- "As it is in the Chuvash Republic the Chuvash are not needed?!"

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- **en name**: Chuvash Republic
- **ru name**: Чувашская Республика
- **loc name1**: Чӑваш Республики
- **loc lang1**: Chuvash
- **image map**: Map of Russia (2014–2022) - Chuvashia.svg
- **image coa**: Coat of Arms of Chuvashia.svg
- **coa caption**: Coat of arms of the Chuvash Republic, Coat of arms
- **image flag**: Flag of Chuvashia.svg
- **flag caption**: Flag of the Chuvash Republic, Flag
- **anthem**: "State Anthem of the Chuvash Republic"
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- **political status**: Republic
- **political status link**: Republics of Russia
- **federal district**: Volga Federal District, Volga
- **economic region**: Volga-Vyatka economic region, Volga-Vyatka
- **adm ctr type**: Capital
- **adm ctr name**: Cheboksary
- **official lang list**: Chuvash language, Chuvash
- **pop 2010census**: 1251619
- **pop 2010census rank**: 41st
- **urban pop 2010census**: 58.8%
- **rural pop 2010census**: 41.2%
- **pop latest**: 1,240,000
- **pop latest date**: January 2014
- **area km2**: 18300
- **area km2 rank**: 74th
- **established date**: June 24, 1920
- **license plates**: 21, 121
- **iso**: RU-CU
- **gov as of**: July 2013
- **leader title**: Head of the Chuvash Republic, Head
- **leader name**: Oleg Nikolayev (politician), Oleg Nikolayev
- **legislature**: State Council of the Chuvash Republic, State Council
- **website**: http://www.cap.ru
- **date**: February 2015
- **loc name2**: Çăvaš Respubliki
- **loc lang2**: Transliteration