Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug
Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug (Russian: Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский о́круг; Buryat: Усть-Ордын Буряадай округ Ust'-Ordyn Burjaadaj 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 (Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг).
It has an area of 22,138.1 square kilometers (8,547.6 sq mi). Population: 125,177 (2010 Census).[2]
The settlement of Ust-Ordynsky is the autonomous okrug's administrative center and its most populous inhabited locality.
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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
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The okrug is divided into six administrative districts.
Demographics
- Population: 125,177 (2010 Census);[2] 135,327 (2002 Census);[5] 136,306 (1989 Census).[6]
Vital statistics
Average population (x 1000) | Live births | Deaths | Natural change | Crude birth rate (per 1000) | Crude death rate (per 1000) | Natural change (per 1000) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1970 | 146 | 2,813 | 1,175 | 1,638 | 19.3 | 8.0 | 11.2 |
1975 | 138 | 3,014 | 1,311 | 1,703 | 21.8 | 9.5 | 12.3 |
1980 | 132 | 3,193 | 1,346 | 1,847 | 24.2 | 10.2 | 14.0 |
1985 | 132 | 3,546 | 1,397 | 2,149 | 26.9 | 10.6 | 16.3 |
1990 | 128 | 3,383 | 1,325 | 2,058 | 26.5 | 10.4 | 16.1 |
1991 | 129 | 3,101 | 1,424 | 1,677 | 24.0 | 11.0 | 13.0 |
1992 | 131 | 2,770 | 1,560 | 1,210 | 21.1 | 11.9 | 9.2 |
1993 | 132 | 2,379 | 1,742 | 637 | 18.0 | 13.2 | 4.8 |
1994 | 132 | 2,385 | 1,943 | 442 | 18.1 | 14.7 | 3.4 |
1995 | 132 | 2,186 | 1,872 | 314 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 2.4 |
1996 | 133 | 2,155 | 1,704 | 451 | 16.2 | 12.8 | 3.4 |
1997 | 134 | 2,010 | 1,787 | 223 | 15.0 | 13.3 | 1.7 |
1998 | 134 | 2,011 | 1,654 | 357 | 15.0 | 12.3 | 2.7 |
1999 | 135 | 2,018 | 1,923 | 95 | 15.0 | 14.3 | 0.7 |
2000 | 135 | 1,932 | 2,004 | - 72 | 14.3 | 14.9 | -0.5 |
2001 | 135 | 1,986 | 1,967 | 19 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 0.1 |
2002 | 135 | 2,011 | 2,004 | 7 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 0.1 |
2003 | 134 | 1,986 | 2,023 | - 37 | 14.9 | 15.1 | -0.3 |
2004 | 132 | 2,058 | 2,174 | - 116 | 15.6 | 16.5 | -0.9 |
2005 | 130 | 1,968 | 2,138 | - 170 | 15.1 | 16.4 | -1.3 |
2006 | 128 | 2,142 | 1,867 | 275 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 2.1 |
2007 | 127 | 2,433 | 1,653 | 780 | 19.1 | 13.0 | 6.1 |
2008 | 126 | 2,827 | 1,719 | 1,108 | 22.4 | 13.6 | 8.8 |
2009 | 126 | 2,906 | 1,648 | 1,258 | 23.1 | 13.1 | 10.0 |
2010 | 125 | 2,785 | 1,771 | 1,014 | 22.3 | 14.2 | 8.1 |
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 Census | 1970 Census | 1979 Census | 1989 Census | 2002 Census | 2010 Census | ||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
Buryats | 44,850 | 33.7% | 48,302 | 33.0% | 45,436 | 34.4% | 49,298 | 36.3% | 53,649 | 39.6% | 49,871 | 39,8% |
Russians | 75,099 | 56.4% | 86,020 | 58.8% | 76,731 | 58.1% | 76,827 | 56.5% | 73,646 | 54.4% | 67,808 | 54,2% |
Others | 13,122 | 9.9% | 12,090 | 8.3% | 9,986 | 7.6% | 9,745 | 7.2% | 8,032 | 5.9% | 7,498 | 6,0% |
References
- ↑ 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) (Russian)
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- ↑ Lenta.ru "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(Russian)
- ↑ [http://old.lenta.ru/news/2008/01/01/irkutsk/ С 1 января в России сократилось число субъектов федерации> Lenta.ru January 1, 2008 (Russian)
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