Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug Explained

En Name:Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug
Ru Name:Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский о́круг
Federal Subject:Irkutsk Oblast
Adm Ctr Name:Ust-Ordynsky
Mun Data As Of:January 2015
Established Date:2008

Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug, 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 (Russian: 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.

It has an area of 22138.1km2. Population:

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.[2] [3]

Administrative divisions

See main article: Administrative divisions of Irkutsk Oblast.

The okrug is divided into six administrative districts:

Demographics

Vital statistics

Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service

Average population (x 1000)Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate (per 1000)Crude death rate (per 1000)Natural change (per 1000)
19701462,8131,1751,63819.38.011.2
19751383,0141,3111,70321.89.512.3
19801323,1931,3461,84724.210.214.0
19851323,5461,3972,14926.910.616.3
19901283,3831,3252,05826.510.416.1
19911293,1011,4241,67724.011.013.0
19921312,7701,5601,21021.111.99.2
19931322,3791,74263718.013.24.8
19941322,3851,94344218.114.73.4
19951322,1861,87231416.514.22.4
19961332,1551,70445116.212.83.4
19971342,0101,78722315.013.31.7
19981342,0111,65435715.012.32.7
19991352,0181,9239515.014.30.7
20001351,9322,004style="color: red"- 7214.314.9style="color: red"-0.5
20011351,9861,9671914.714.60.1
20021352,0112,004714.914.90.1
20031341,9862,023style="color: red"- 3714.915.1style="color: red"-0.3
20041322,0582,174style="color: red"- 11615.616.5style="color: red"-0.9
20051301,9682,138style="color: red"- 17015.116.4style="color: red"-1.3
20061282,1421,86727516.714.62.1
20071272,4331,65378019.113.06.1
20081262,8271,7191,10822.413.68.8
20091262,9061,6481,25823.113.110.0
20101252,7851,7711,01422.314.28.1

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%)

Ethnic
group
1959 Census1970 Census1979 Census1989 Census2002 Census2010 Census2020 Census
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%
Buryats44,850 33.7%48,302 33.0%45,436 34.4%49,298 36.3%53,649 39.6%49,87139.8%50,51941.4%
Russians75,099 56.4%86,020 58.8%76,731 58.1%76,827 56.5%73,646 54.4%67,80854.2%66,58754.5%
Others13,122 9.9%12,090 8.3%9,986 7.6%9,745 7.2%8,032 5.9%7,4986.0%4,9614.1%

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=68717;div=LAW;mb=LAW;opt=1;ts=EA2BD535A6F57731DCC3152CD4B22010 Russian: 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)
  2. http://www.lenta.ru/news/2006/04/20/results/ Lenta.ru
  3. http://old.lenta.ru/news/2008/01/01/irkutsk/ С 1 января в России сократилось число субъектов федерации> Lenta.ru January 1, 2008