Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug (russian: Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский о́круг; bua, Усть-Ордын (Усть-Ордагай) Буряадай тойрог ), or Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
,
Russia
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.
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of
Russia
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(an Autonomous okrugs of Russia, autonomous okrug of
Irkutsk Oblast
Irkutsk Oblast (russian: Ирку́тская о́бласть, Irkutskaya oblast; bua, Эрхүү можо, Erkhüü mojo) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in southeastern Siberia in the basins of the Angara, Lena, and Nizh ...
) 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
Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug (russian: Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг (УОБАО); bua, Усть-Ордын (Усть-Ордагай) Буряадай автономито тойро ...
(). It is one of the two Buryat okrugs in Russia, the other one is
Agin-Buryat Okrug
Agin-Buryat Okrug (russian: Аги́нский Буря́тский о́круг; bua, Агын Буряадай тойрог, ''Agyn Buryaaday Toyrog''), or Aga Buryatia, is an administrative division of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. (Federal ...
in Zabaykalsky Krai.
It has an area of . Population:
The settlement of
Ust-Ordynsky
Ust-Ordynsky (russian: Усть-Орды́нский, bua, Ордын Адаг, Ordyn Adag) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Ekhirit-Bulagatsky District of Ust-Orda Buryat ...
is the autonomous okrug's
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or ...
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
plebiscite
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s in the country since the
2003 Russian election. The merger was approved by an absolute majority of the
electorate
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* The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate''
* The dominion of a Prince-elector in the Holy Roman Empire until 1806
* An electoral district
An ...
: 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.
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January 1, 2008
Administrative divisions
The okrug is divided into six administrative districts:
* Alarsky District
* Bayandayevsky District
* Bokhansky District
* Ekhirit-Bulagatsky District
* Nukutsky District
* Osinsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Osinsky District
Demographics
*Population:
Vital statistics
:Source
Russian Federal State Statistics Service
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
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(54.4%),
Buryats
The Buryats ( bua, Буряад, Buryaad; mn, Буриад, Buriad) are a Mongolic peoples, Mongolic ethnic group native to southeastern Siberia who speak the Buryat language. They are one of the two largest indigenous groups in Siberia, the oth ...
(39.6%),
Tatars
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different (3%) and
Ukrainians
Ukrainians ( uk, Українці, Ukraintsi, ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine. They are the seventh-largest nation in Europe. The native language of the Ukrainians is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. The majority ...
(0.96%)
See also
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Flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug
The flag of Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug, in the Russian Federation, is a blue field charged with a white '' argabar'' sun emblem within a golden disc. The disc is surrounded with four golden bezants at the cardinal positions. At the bottom of the fla ...
References
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Irkutsk Oblast
Former administrative units of Russia
Former federal subjects of Russia
Buryat people
States and territories established in 1937
Autonomous okrugs of the Soviet Union
Enclaves and exclaves
Russian-speaking countries and territories