Agin-Buryat Okrug

Agin-Buryat Okrug (Russian: Аги́нский-Буря́тский о́круг; Buryat: Агын Буряадай тойрог Agyn Burjaadaj toirog), 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). Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Aginskoye. Area: 19,312.3 square kilometers (7,456.5 sq mi). Population: 77,179 (2010 Census preliminary results);[2] 72,213 (2002 Census);[3] 77,032 (1989 Census).[4]

Demographics

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%)
Source: Russian Federal State Statistics Service]
Births Deaths Birth rate Death rate
1970 1,699 451 25.7 6.8
1975 1,881 541 27.7 8.0
1980 2,035 686 29.1 9.8
1985 2,259 638 30.1 8.5
1990 1,868 604 26.5 8.6
1991 1,647 591 23.1 8.3
1992 1,518 655 20.9 9.0
1993 1,435 759 19.6 10.4
1994 1,429 864 19.6 11.8
1995 1,338 738 18.5 10.2
1996 1,174 765 16.4 10.7
1997 1,115 698 15.7 9.8
1998 1,182 722 16.6 10.1
1999 1,163 771 16.3 10.8
2000 1,098 838 15.4 11.8
2001 1,171 841 16.4 11.8
2002 1,197 886 16.6 12.3
2003 1,229 840 17.0 11.6
2004 1,222 900 16.7 12.3
2005 1,234 901 16.7 12.2
2006 1,330 885 17.8 11.9
2007 1,543 817 20.4 10.8
2008 1,732 770 22.5 10.0

See also

References

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2011). "Предварительные итоги Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года (Preliminary results of the 2010 All-Russian Population Census)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis-2010.ru/results_of_the_census/results-inform.php. Retrieved 2011-04-25. 
  3. ^ Федеральная служба государственной статистики (Federal State Statistics Service) (2004-05-21). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек (Population of Russia, its federal districts, federal subjects, districts, urban localities, rural localities—administrative centers, and rural localities with population of over 3,000)" (in Russian). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года (All-Russia Population Census of 2002). Federal State Statistics Service. http://www.perepis2002.ru/ct/doc/1_TOM_01_04.xls. Retrieved 2010-03-23. 
  4. ^ "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров. (All Union Population Census of 1989. Present population of union and autonomous republics, autonomous oblasts and okrugs, krais, oblasts, districts, urban settlements, and villages serving as district administrative centers.)" (in Russian). Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года (All-Union Population Census of 1989). Demoscope Weekly (website of the Institute of Demographics of the State University—Higher School of Economics. 1989. http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rus89_reg.php. Retrieved 2010-03-23.