Agin-Buryat Okrug (
Russian ???´?????-????´????? ?´????;
Buryat ???? ???????? ?????? Agyn Burjaadaj toirog), or
Aga Buryatia, is an administrative division of
Zabaykalsky Krai,
Russia.
[1] 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 (
???´?????-????´????? ??????´???? ?´????).
It had an area of 19,312.3&_160;square kilometers (7,456.5&_160;sq&_160;mi) and a population of 72,213 as of the 2002 Census. The administrative center is the urban-type settlement of Aginskoye.
The okrug is located in the Yakutsk Time Zone (YAKT/YAKST). UTC offset is +0900&_160;(YAKT)/+1000&_160;(YAKST).
Birth rate was 18.5 in the first half of 2007. [1]
