Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
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. It was a federal subject
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of Russia
Russia
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(an autonomous okrug
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of Chita Oblast
Chita Oblast
Chita Oblast was a federal subject of Russia in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China and Mongolia and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur Oblasts, as well as with the Buryat and the Sakha Republics. Its...
) until it merged with Chita Oblast
Chita Oblast
Chita Oblast was a federal subject of Russia in southeast Siberia, Russia. Its administrative center was the city of Chita. It had extensive international borders with China and Mongolia and internal borders with Irkutsk and Amur Oblasts, as well as with the Buryat and the Sakha Republics. Its...
to form Zabaykalsky Krai on March 1, 2008. Prior to merger, it was called Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug . Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement
Urban-type settlement ; , selyshche mis'koho typu ) is an official designation for a type of locality used in some of the countries of the former Soviet Union...
of Aginskoye. Area: 19312.3 square kilometres (7,456.5 sq mi). Population:
Demographics
- 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
Buryats
The Buryats or Buriyads , numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia...
(62.5%) or ethnic Russians
Russians
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(35.1%), the Tatars
Tatars
Tatars are a Turkic speaking ethnic group , numbering roughly 7 million.The majority of Tatars live in the Russian Federation, with a population of around 5.5 million, about 2 million of which in the republic of Tatarstan.Significant minority populations are found in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan,...
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 Buryats The Buryats or Buriyads , numbering approximately 436,000, are the largest ethnic minority group in Siberia and are mainly concentrated in their homeland, the Buryat Republic, a federal subject of Russia... |
23,374 (47.6%) | 33,117 (50.4%) | 35,868 (52.0%) | 42,362 (54.9%) | 45,149 (62.5%) |
| Russians Russians The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries.... |
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
- 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 |