Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
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Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Russian: Аги́нский-Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг), or Aga Buryatia, is a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Chita Oblast). The autonomous okrug has an area of 19,312.3 km² and population of 72,213 as of the 2002 Census. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Aginskoye.
It will be merged with Chita Oblast to form Zabaykalsky Krai on 1 March 2008.
[edit] Time zone
Aga Buryatia is located in the Yakutsk Time Zone (YAKT/YAKST). UTC offset is +0900 (YAKT)/+1000 (YAKST).
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[edit] Demographics
Population (2002): 72,213
Ethnic groups: While residents of the autonomous okrug (as of the 2002 census) identified themselves as belonging to 54 different ethnic groups, most of them consider themselves either Buryats (62.5%) or ethnic Russians (35.1%), the Tatars at 390 (0.5%) ending up as a distant third most numerous group in the region.
| census 1959 | census 1970 | census 1979 | census 1989 | census 2002 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buryats | 23,374 (47.6%) | 33,117 (50.4%) | 35,868 (52.0%) | 42,362 (54.9%) | 45,149 (62.5%) |
| Russians | 23,857 (48.6%) | 28,966 (44.0%) | 29,098 (42.1%) | 31,473 (40.8%) | 25,366 (35.1%) |
| Others | 1,878 (3.8%) | 3,685 (5.6%) | 4,069 (5.9%) | 3,353 (4.3%) | 1,698 (2.4%) |
Vital statistics (2005)
- Births: 1,234 (birth rate 16.7)
- Deaths: 901 (death rate 12.2)
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