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Agin-Buryat Okrug
Agin-Buryat Okrug (Аги́нский-Буря́тский о́круг; ), or Aga Buryatia, is an administrative division of Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. 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).
It had an area of and a population of 72,213 as of the 2002 Census. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Aginskoye.
Geography
Time zone
The okrug is located in the Yakutsk Time Zone (YAKT/YAKST). UTC offset is +0900 (YAKT)/+1000 (YAKST).Demographics
Population (2002): 72,213Ethnic 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 (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 | |
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| 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%) |
Vital statistics (2005)
- Births: 1,234 (birth rate 16.7)
- Deaths: 901 (death rate 12.2)
Birth rate was 18.5 in the first half of 2007. 
Vital Statistics for 2007: Source
Birth Rate: 20.14 per 1000
Death Rate: 10.74 per 1000
Net Immigration: +7.3 per 1000
NGR: +0.94% per Year
PGR: +1.67% per Year
See also
References
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Last updated on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 05:02:13 PDT (GMT -0700)
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