- Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug
Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug ( _ru. Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский о́круг; _bx. Усть-Ордын Буряадай округ "Ust'-Ordyn Burjaadaj okrug"), or Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of
Irkutsk Oblast ,Russia . [http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=LAW;n=68717;div=LAW;mb=LAW;opt=1;ts=EA2BD535A6F57731DCC3152CD4B22010 _ru. 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 ofDecember 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) ru icon] It was a federal subject ofRussia (anautonomous okrug ofIrkutsk Oblast ) fromSeptember 26 ,1937 toJanuary 1 ,2008 , when it merged with Irkutsk Oblast. Prior to merger, it was called Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug ( _ru. 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.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 attendedplebiscite s in the country since the2003 Russian election . The merger was approved by an absolute majority of theelectorate : by 89.77% in Irkutsk Oblast and by 97.79% in Ust-Orda Buryatia. The enlarged Irkutsk Oblast has officially come into existence onJanuary 1 ,2008 . [http://www.lenta.ru/news/2006/04/20/results/ Lenta.ru] " _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 ru icon] [http://old.lenta.ru/news/2008/01/01/irkutsk/ С 1 января в России сократилось число субъектов федерации>Lenta.ru January 1 ,2008 ru icon ]Time zone
Ust-Orda Buryatia is located in the Irkutsk Time Zone (IRKT/IRKST). UTC offset is +0800 (IRKT)/+0900 (IRKST).
Administrative divisions
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%)Vital statistics (2005)
*"Births": 1,968 (birth rate 14.7)
*"Deaths": 2,138 (death rate 16.0)Birth rate was 16.6 in the first half of 2007. [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/2007/0301/barom04.php]References
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