{{Infobox Russian district |en_name=Alikovsky District |ru_name=Аликовский район |loc_lang1=Chuvash |loc_name1=Элӗк районӗ |image_map={{Russia district OSM map}} |map_caption=Location of Alikovsky District in the Chuvash Republic |image_view=Univermag Alikovo.jpg |image_caption=Shopping center in Alikovo, Alikovsky District |coordinates = {{coord|55|44|09|N|46|44|08|E|type:adm2nd_region:RU|display=inline,title}} |image_flag=Flag of Alikovsky rayon (Chuvashia).png |image_coa= |anthem= |anthem_ref= |holiday= |holiday_ref= |federal_subject=Chuvash Republic |federal_subject_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" /> |adm_ctr_name=Alikovo |adm_ctr_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" /> |selsoviet_type1=rural settlement |no_of_selsoviets_type1=12 |no_of_rural_localities=115 |counts_ref= |mun_formation1=Alikovsky Municipal District |mun_formation1_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_mun" /> |mun_formation1_no_of_urban_settlements=0 |mun_formation1_no_of_rural_settlements=12 |mun_formation1_counts_ref=<ref name="ChuvashR_mun" /> |mun_formation1_leader_title= |mun_formation1_leader_title_ref= |mun_formation1_leader_name= |mun_formation1_leader_name_ref= |mun_formation1_representative_body= |mun_formation1_representative_body_ref= |area_km2=554.1 |area_km2_ref=<ref name='about'/> |pop_2010census=18282 |urban_pop_2010census=0% |rural_pop_2010census=100% |pop_latest= |pop_latest_date= |pop_latest_ref= |established_date=October&nbsp;1, 1927 |established_date_ref=<ref name='about-history'/> |website=http://gov.cap.ru/main.asp?govid=57 }} '''Alikovsky District''' ({{langx|ru|А́ликовский райо́н}}; {{langx|cv|Элӗк районӗ}}, ''Elĕk rayonĕ'') is an administrative<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw">Law #28</ref> and municipal<ref name="ChuvashR_mun">Law #37</ref> district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the northwestern central part of the republic and borders with Morgaushsky and Yadrinsky Districts in the north, Krasnoarmeysky District in the east, Vurnarsky and Shumerlinsky Districts in the south, and with Krasnochetaysky District in the west. The area of the district is {{convert|554.1|km2|sp=us}}.<ref name='about'>{{cite web|title=General Information|url=http://gov.cap.ru/SiteMap.aspx?gov_id=57&id=2210055|publisher=Alikovsky District|language=ru|access-date=August 31, 2016}}</ref> Its administrative center is the rural locality (a ''selo'') of Alikovo.<ref name="ChuvashR_admlaw" /> Population: {{ru-census|p2010=18,282|p2002=21,745|p1989=23,575}} The population of Alikovo accounts for 14.5% of the district's total population.<ref name="2010Census" />

==History== The district was formed on October&nbsp;1, 1927.<ref name="about-history">{{cite web|title=History of the Region|url=http://gov.cap.ru/SiteMap.aspx?gov_id=57&id=2210762|website=Alikovsky District (official site)|publisher=Alikovsky District|access-date=15 October 2016}}</ref>

==Economy== There is a construction plant in Alikovo.

===Transportation=== The Cheboksary–Yadrin and the Cheboksary–Krasnye Chetay autoroute cross the territory of the district.

==Demographics== As of the 2010 Census, 97.55% of the raion's population was ethnically Chuvash, 1.76% of the population was ethnically Russian, and the remaining 0.69% of the population was from other ethnic groups.<ref>{{Cite web|script-title=ru:Итоги::Чувашстат|url=http://www.chuvash.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chuvash/ru/census_and_researching/census/national_census_2010/score_2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509122448/http://www.chuvash.gks.ru/wps/wcm/connect/rosstat_ts/chuvash/ru/census_and_researching/census/national_census_2010/score_2010|archive-date=2019-05-09|access-date=2020-06-16|website=Russian Federal State Statistics Service}}</ref>

==Education== There is a middle school in Alikovo.

==Culture== There is the Alikovo District Literary and Local Lore Museum, a people's theater, a folk band, a veteran's orchestra, a school's brass band, and a chorus. Regional Chuvash music festival "Vir'yal shevlisem" (lit. ''Viryal's pancakes'') takes place in May of each year.

==Notable people== *Alexander Artemiev, writer and poet *Anatoly Serep, writer and poet *Arcady Aris, writer *Arkady Malov, poet and translator *Boris Markov, actor, director *Gerasim Pileš, writer and playwright *Ille Toktash, writer and poet *Nikita Larionov, writer and poet *Nikolai Yut, writer, folklorist, and literature critic *Stanislav Voronov, artist

==References== ===Notes=== {{Reflist}}

===Sources=== *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|cu|adm|law}} *{{RussiaAdmMunRef|cu|mun|list}}

==Further reading== *L. A. Yefimov, "Alikovsky District" ("Элӗк Енӗ"), Alikovo, 1994. *"Аликовская энциклопедия" (Alikovsky District's Encyclopedia), authors: Yefimov L.A., Yefimov E.L., Ananyev A.A., Terentyev G.K., Cheboksary, 2009, {{ISBN|978-5-7670-1630-3}}.

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Category:Alikovsky District Category:Districts of Chuvashia