Yantikovsky District (; , Tăvay rayonĕ) is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with the Republic of Tatarstan in the south and east, Kanashsky District in the west, and with Urmarsky District in the north. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Yantikovo. Population: The population of Yantikovo accounts for 19.2% of the district's total population.
History The district was formed on January 9, 1935.
Demographics Over 90% of the district's population is Chuvash.
Notable people Vera Kuzmina (1923–2021), theatre actress, born in Yanshikhovo-Norvashi Ille Takhti (1889–1938), writer and folklorist, born in the village of Nüškassi
See also Yanshikhovo-Norvashi
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