Republic of Buryatia Республика Бурятия (Russian) Буряад Улас (Buryat) | |||
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Political status | |||
Country | Russia | ||
Federal district | Far Eastern | ||
Economic region | East Siberian | ||
Established | 30 May 1923 | ||
Capital | Ulan-Ude | ||
Government (as of February 2017) | |||
• Head | Alexey Tsydenov | ||
• Legislature | People's Khural | ||
Statistics | |||
Area (as of the 2002 Census) | |||
• Total | 351,300 km2 (135,600 sq mi) | ||
Area rank | 15th | ||
Population (2010 Census) | |||
• Total | 972,021 | ||
• Rank | 54th | ||
• Density | 2.77/km2 (7.2/sq mi) | ||
• Urban | 58.4% | ||
• Rural | 41.6% | ||
Time zone(s) | IRKT (UTC+09:00) | ||
ISO 3166-2 | RU-BU | ||
License plates | 03 | ||
Official languages | Russian; Buryat | ||
Official website |
The Republic of Buryatia is a Mongolic federal subject in Russia. It is one of the 85 federal subjects of Russia. It is in the Siberian area of Russia. It is grouped and governed as part of the Far Eastern District. The Far Eastern District contains ten other federal subjects too. Buryatia also shares an international border with Mongolia.
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