Agin-Buryat Okrug
Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
Агинский-Бурятский автономный округ (Russian) | |
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| Coordinates: 51°00′N 114°30′E / 51°N 114.5°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Zabaykalsky Krai |
| Established | 2008 |
| Administrative center | Aginskoye |
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• Total | 19,600 km2 (7,600 sq mi) |
51°00′N 114°30′E / 51.000°N 114.500°E
Agin-Buryat Okrug (Russian: Агинский Бурятский округ; Buryat: Агын Буряадай тойрог, romanized: Agiin Buryaadai toirog, IPA: [ɐˈɣɨɴ bʊˈrʲadæ ˈtœrəq]), or simply 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 1 March 2008. Prior to the merger, it was called Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug (Агинский Бурятский автономный округ). Its administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Aginskoye. It is one of the two Buryat okrugs in Russia, the other one is Ust-Orda Buryat Okrug of Irkutsk Oblast.
- Area: 19,312.3 square kilometers (7,456.5 sq mi)
- Population: 77,167 (2010 census); 72,213 (2002 census); 77,032 (1989 Soviet census).