Ust-Orda_Buryat_Okrug

Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug

Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug

Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia

Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug (Russian: Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский о́круг; Buryat: Усть-Ордын (Усть-Ордагай) Буряадай тойрог Ust’-Ordyn (Ust’-Ordagay) Buryaaday toyrog), or Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.[1] It was a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Irkutsk Oblast) from 1993 to January 1, 2008, when it merged with Irkutsk Oblast. It also had autonomous okrug status from September 26, 1937 to 1993. Prior to the merger, it was called Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг). It is one of the two Buryat okrugs in Russia, the other one is Agin-Buryat Okrug in Zabaykalsky Krai.

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Ust-Orda Buryatia and Lake Baikal
Map of some major inhabited localities of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug

It has an area of 22,138.1 square kilometers (8,547.6 sq mi). Population: 125,177 (2010 Russian census).[2]

The settlement of Ust-Ordynsky is the autonomous okrug's administrative center and its most populous inhabited locality.

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 electorate: 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.[3][4]

Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast

The okrug is divided into six administrative districts:

Demographics

Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service
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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%), Buryats (39.6%), Tatars (3%) and Ukrainians (0.96%)

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See also

References

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    [http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=68717;div=LAW;mb=LAW;opt=1;ts=EA2BD535A6F57731DCC3152CD4B22010 Федеральный конституционный закон №6-ФКЗ от 30 декабря 2006 года "Об образовании в составе Российской Федерации нового субъекта Российской Федерации в результате объединения Иркутской области и Усть-Ордынского Бурятского автономного округа"]. Статья 5. (Federal Constitutional Law #6-FKZ of December 30, 2006 On Creation of a New Federal Subject Within the Russian Federation as a Result of the Merger of Irkutsk Oblast and Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug. Article 5) (in Russian)
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    Lenta.ru Archived May 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine "Избиркомы объявили результаты референдума по созданию новой Иркутской области" (Electoral Commissions Announced the Results of the Referendum on Creation of New Irkutsk Oblast) April 20, 2006(in Russian)
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