Agin-Buryat Okrug
Agin-Buryat Okrug (Russian: Аги́нский-Буря́тский о́круг; Buryat: Агын Буряадай округ Agyn Burjaadaj okrug), or Aga Buryatia, is an administrative division of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia.[1] It was a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Chita Oblast) until it merged with Chita Oblast to form Zabaykalsky Krai on March 1, 2008. Prior to merger, it was called Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Аги́нский-Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг).
It had an area of 19,312.3 square kilometers (7,456.5 sq mi) and a population of 72,213 as of the 2002 Census. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Aginskoye.
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Geography
Time zone
The okrug is located in the Yakutsk Time Zone (YAKT/YAKST). UTC offset is +0900 (YAKT)/+1000 (YAKST).
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)
Birth rate was 18.5 in the first half of 2007. [1]
Vital Statistics for 2007: Source
Birth Rate: 20.14 per 1000
Death Rate: 10.74 per 1000
Net Immigration: +7.3 per 1000
NGR: +0.94% per Year
PGR: +1.67% per Year
See also
- Administrative divisions of Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
References
- ↑ Федеральный конституционный закон №5-ФКЗ от 21 июля 2007 года "Об образовании в составе Российской Федерации нового субъекта Российской Федерации в результате объединения Читинской области и Агинского Бурятского автономного округа"]. Статья 5. (Federal Constitutional Law #5-FKZ of July 21, 2007 On Creation of a New Federal Subject Within the Russian Federation as a Result of the Merger of Chita Oblast and Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug. Article 5) (Russian)