Poretsky District (Russian: Поре́цкий район; Chuvash: Пăрачкав районĕ) 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 1,116.9 square kilometers (431.2 sq mi).[citation needed] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Poretskoye. Population: 13,992 (2010 Census); 17,311 (2002 Census); 19,486 (1989 Census). The population of Poretskoye accounts for 41.6% of the district's total population.