Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug , or Ust-Orda Buryatia , is an administrative division of Irkutsk Oblast , Russia . It was a federal subject of Russia (an autonomous okrug of Irkutsk Oblast ) 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 ( Усть-Орды́нский Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг ). It is one of the two Buryat okrugs in Russia, the other one is Agin-Buryat Okrug in Zabaykalsky Krai.
5-457: It has an area of 22,138.1 square kilometers (8,547.6 sq mi). Population: 125,177 ( 2010 Census ) . The settlement of Ust-Ordynsky is the autonomous okrug's administrative center and its most populous inhabited locality. 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
10-445: Is divided into six administrative districts: 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%) 2010 Russian census The 2010 Russian census ( Russian : Всеросси́йская пе́репись населе́ния 2010 го́да )
15-520: The decision. However, in late 2009, Prime Minister Putin announced that the Government of Russia had allocated 10.5 billion rubles in order to conduct the census as originally scheduled (in October 2010). The census recorded the population as 142.9 million, a decrease of 2.3 million (1.6%) since the 2002 census. The population is 73.7% urban (105.3 million) and 26.3% rural (37.5 million). The median age
20-555: 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. The okrug
25-517: Was the second census of the Russian Federation population after the dissolution of the Soviet Union . Preparations for the census began in 2007 and it took place between October 14 and October 25. The census was originally scheduled for October 2010, before being rescheduled for late 2013, citing financial reasons, although it was also speculated that political motives were influential in
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