Aga Buryatia

Aga Buryatia (Аги́нский-Буря́тский автоно́мный о́круг) is an autonomous district of Chita Oblast in the Russian Federation. The district has an area of 19,312.3 km² and a population of around 70,000. The administrative center is Aginskoye (pop. ~10,000)

Administrative Division

Districts

Aga Buryatia Autonomous District consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

• Aginsky (Агинский)
• Duldurginsky (Дульдургинский)
• Mogoytuysky (Могойтуйский)

Demographics

Population (2002): 72,213

Ethnic groups: While residents of the district (as of the 2002 census) identified themselves as belonging to 54 different ethnic groups, most of them consider themselves either Buryats (45,149 or 62,5%) or ethnic Russians (25,366 or 35.1%), the Tatars at 390 (0.5%) ending up as a distant third most numerous group in the region.