Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug , or
Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of
Irkutsk OblastIrkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers...
,
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was a
federal subjectRussia is a federation that consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council . However, they do differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy...
of
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(an autonomous okrug of
Irkutsk OblastIrkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers...
) from September 26, 1937 to January 1, 2008, when it merged with Irkutsk Oblast. Prior to merger, it was called
Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug .
It had an area of 22,138.1 km² and a population of 135,327 (
2002 CensusRussian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
).
Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug , or
Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of
Irkutsk OblastIrkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers...
,
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. It was a
federal subjectRussia is a federation that consists of 83 subjects. These subjects are of equal federal rights in the sense that they have equal representation—two delegates each—in the Federation Council . However, they do differ in the degree of autonomy they enjoy...
of
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
(an autonomous okrug of
Irkutsk OblastIrkutsk Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara River, Lena, and Nizhnyaya Tunguska Rivers...
) from September 26, 1937 to January 1, 2008, when it merged with Irkutsk Oblast. Prior to merger, it was called
Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug .
It had an area of 22,138.1 km² and a population of 135,327 (
2002 CensusRussian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Russian Federal Service of State Statistics .-Resident population:...
).
Ust-OrdynskyUst-Ordynsky is a settlement in and the administrative center of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It is located on the right bank of the Kuda River 62 km northeast of Irkutsk. Population:...
, the autonomous okrug's administrative center, was the largest settlement with a population of 14,335.
Merger
In a referendum held on April 16, 2006, the majority of residents in Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug agreed to the unification of the two regions. According to regions' electoral commissions, 68.98% of residents of Irkutsk Oblast and 99.51% of residents in Ust-Orda Buryatia took part in the vote, making it one of the best attended plebiscites in the country since the 2003 Russian election. The merger was approved by an absolute majority of the
electorateA constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves...
: by 89.77% in Irkutsk Oblast and by 97.79% in Ust-Orda Buryatia. The enlarged Irkutsk Oblast has officially come into existence on January 1, 2008.
Time zone
Ust-Orda Buryatia is located in the
Irkutsk Time ZoneIrkutsk Time Zone is the time zone 8 hours ahead of UTC and 5 hours ahead of Moscow Time and is the same as Australian Western Standard Time, Central Indonesia Time, Malaysian Standard Time, Philippine Standard Time, China Standard Time, Mongolia Standard Time, Hong Kong Time, and Macau Standard...
(IRKT/IRKST).
UTCCoordinated Universal Time , ) is a time standard based on International Atomic Time with leap seconds added at irregular intervals to compensate for the Earth's slowing rotation...
offset is +0800 (IRKT)/+0900 (IRKST).
Demographics
Population (2002): 135,327.
Ethnic groups:
Of the 135,327 residents (as of the 2002 census) 38 (0.02%) chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 74 ethnic groups, including Russians (54.4%),
BuryatsThe Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. They are the northernmost major Mongol group....
(39.6%),
TatarsTatars , sometimes spelled Tartars, are a Turkic ethnic group mainly inhabiting Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. They numbered 10 million in the late 20th Century, which includes all subgroups of Tatar people, such as...
(3%) and Ukrainians (0.96%)
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census 1959 |
census 1970 |
census 1979 |
census 1989 |
census 2002 |
| Buryats The Buryats or Buriyads, numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia. They are the northernmost major Mongol group....
|
44,850 (33.7%) |
48,302 (33.0%) |
45,436 (34.4%) |
49,298 (36.3%) |
53,649 (39.6%) |
RussiansThe Russian people are an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
|
75,099 (56.4%) |
86,020 (58.8%) |
76,731 (58.1%) |
76,827 (56.5%) |
73,646 (54.4%) |
| Others |
13,122 (9.9%) |
12,090 (8.3%) |
9,986 (7.6%) |
9,745 (7.2%) |
8,032 (5.9%) |
Vital statistics (2005)
- Births: 1,968 (birth rate 14.7)
- Deaths: 2,138 (death rate 16.0)
Birth rate was 16.6 in the first half of 2007.
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