Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug

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 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) ru icon] 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 ( _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 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. [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, 2006ru 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

ee also

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