Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug


Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug Буряадай тойрог Ust’-Ordyn, or Ust-Orda Buryatia, is an administrative division of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. It was a federal subject of Russia 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.
It has an area of. 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.

Administrative divisions

The okrug is divided into six administrative districts:
Average population Live birthsDeathsNatural changeCrude birth rate Crude death rate Natural change
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
20001351,9322,004- 7214.314.9-0.5
20011351,9861,9671914.714.60.1
20021352,0112,004714.914.90.1
20031341,9862,023- 3714.915.1-0.3
20041322,0582,174- 11615.616.5-0.9
20051301,9682,138- 17015.116.4-1.3
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, 38 chose not to specify their ethnic background. Of the rest, residents identified themselves as belonging to 74 ethnic groups, including Russians, Buryats, Tatars and Ukrainians