Ust-Orda Buryatia

Ust-Orda Buryatia (Усть-Ордынский Бурятский автономный округ) is an autonomous district of Irkutsk Oblast in the Russian Federation. It has an area of 22,138.1 km² and a population of around 130,000. Ust-Ordynsky (pop. c. 10,000) is the largest city and administrative center of the district.

Administrative Division

Districts

Ust-Orda Buryatia Autonomous District consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

• Alarsky (Аларский)
• Bayandayevsky (Баяндаевский)
• Bokhansky (Боханский)
• Ekhirit-Bulagatsky (Эхирит-Булагатский)
• Nukutsky (Нукутский)
• Osinsky (Осинский)

Demographics

Population (2002): 135,327

Ethnic groups: 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 73,646 ethnic Russians (54.4%), 53,649 Buryats (39.6%), 4,102 Tatars (3%), 1,300 Ukrainians (0.96%) and so on.