Poretsky District (; , PÃÂraçkav rayonÃÂ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the republic. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Poretskoye. Population: 17,311 (2002 Census); The population of Poretskoye accounts for 41.6% of the district's total population.