Alatyrsky District (; , UlatÃÂr rayonÃÂ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the south of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Alatyr (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 21,630 (2002 Census);
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Alatyrsky District is one of the twenty-one in the republic. The town of Alatyr serves as its administrative center, despite being incorporated separately as a town of republic significanceâÂÂan administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.
As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Alatyrsky Municipal District. The town of republic significance of Alatyr is incorporated separately from the district as Alatyr Urban Okrug.