General information

The Republic of Mari El is part of the Volga Federal District of the Russian Federation. In the north and east it borders on the Kirov region, in the southeast - on the Republic of Tatarstan, in the southwest - on the Chuvash Republic, in the west - on the Nizhny Novgorod region. The capital is the city of Yoshkar-Ola.

Territory:
23.4 thousand sq. km

State languages:
Mari (mountain and meadow) and Russian

Number of municipalities:
city districts: 3
municipal districts: 14
urban settlements: 16
rural settlements: 102