Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug

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Ust-Orda Buryatia and Lake Baikal

Ust-Orda Buryatia on the map of Russia

The flag of Ust-Orda Buryatia

Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug (Russian: Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский о́круг; Buryat: Усть-Ордын Буряадай округ), 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 September 26, 1937 to January 1, 2008, when it merged with Irkutsk Oblast. Prior to merger, it was called Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг).

It had an area of 22,138.1 km² and a population of 135,327 (2002 Census). Ust-Ordynsky, the autonomous okrug's administrative center, was the largest settlement with a population of 14,335.

1 Merger
2 Time zone
3 Administrative divisions
4 Demographics
5 References
6 See also

[edit] 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.^[2]^[3]

[edit] Time zone

Ust-Orda Buryatia is located in the Irkutsk Time Zone (IRKT/IRKST). UTC offset is +0800 (IRKT)/+0900 (IRKST).

[edit] Administrative divisions

Main article: Administrative divisions of Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug

[edit] 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%), Buryats (39.6%), Tatars (3%) and Ukrainians (0.96%)

	census 1959	census 1970	census 1979	census 1989	census 2002
Buryats	44,850 (33.7%)	48,302 (33.0%)	45,436 (34.4%)	49,298 (36.3%)	53,649 (39.6%)
Russians	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%)