Irkutsk Oblast

The Irkutsk Oblast, Russia is located in south-eastern Siberia in the basins of Angara, Lena and Nizhnyaya Tunguska rivers, and occupies an area of 767,900 km² (4.6% of Russia's territory).

1 Geography
- 1.1 Time zone
- 1.2 Climate
2 Administrative division
- 2.1 Districts
3 Demographics

Geography

The Irkutsk Oblast borders with the Buryat and Tuva Republics in the south and south-west, the Krasnoyarsk Krai in the west, the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in the northeast, and the Chita Oblast in the east. A unique and world-famous lake, Lake Baikal, is located in the southeast of the region. It contains the autonomous district of Ust-Orda Buryatia.

Time zone

The Irkutsk Oblast is located in the Irkutsk Time Zone (IRKT/IRKST). UTC offset is +0800 (IRKT)/+0900 (IRKST).

Climate

The climate is continental. Almost half the year the temperature is below 0°C. Winter is frosty, and the temperature is generally from -17°C to -33°C. Summer is hot, short, and dry in the first half, and humid in the second. The temperature is generally between +17°C and +33°C.

Administrative division

Districts

Irkutsk Oblast consists of the following districts (Russian: районы):

Angarsky (Ангарский)
Balagansky (Балаганский)
Bodaybinsky (Бодайбинский)
Bratsky (Братский)
Cheremkhovsky (Черемховский)
Chunsky (Чунский)
Irkutsky (Иркутский)
Kachugsky (Качугский)
Katangsky (Катангский)
Kazachinsko-Lensky (Казачинско-Ленский)
Kirensky (Киренский)
Kuytunsky (Куйтунский)
Mamsko-Chuysky (Мамско-Чуйский)
Nizhneilimsky (Нижнеилимский)
Nizhneudinsky (Нижнеудинский)
Olkhonsky (Ольхонский)
Shelekhovsky (Шелеховский)
Slyudyansky (Слюдянский)
Tayshetsky (Тайшетский)
Tulunsky (Тулунский)
Usolsky (Усольский)
Ust-Ilimsky (Усть-Илимский)
Ust-Kutsky (Усть-Кутский)
Ust-Udinsky (Усть-Удинский)
Zalarinsky (Заларинский)
Zhigalovsky (Жигаловский)
Ziminsky (Зиминский)

Demographics

The population of the region is 2.77 million, from which 79.6% are urban, and 20.4% are rural. The density of the population is 3.5 people per square kilometer, whereas the average density for Russia is 8.7. Irkutsk is the administrative center, with a population of 594,500. Other large cities are Angarsk (267,000 people), Bratsk (253,600 people), Usolye-Sibirskoye (104,300 people), and Ust-Ilimsk (107,200 people).

See also: Subdivisions of Russia

Administrative subdivisions of Russia

Federal subjects

Republics	Adygeya \| Altai \| Bashkortostan \| Buryatia \| Chechnya \| Chuvashia \| Dagestan \| Ingushetia \| Kabardino-Balkaria \| Karelia \| Khakassia \| Komi \| Kalmykia \| Karachay-Cherkessia \| Mari El \| Mordovia \| North Ossetia-Alania \| Sakha \| Tatarstan \| Tuva \| Udmurtia
Krais	Altai \| Khabarovsk \| Krasnodar \| Krasnoyarsk² \| Primorsky \| Stavropol
Oblasts	Amur \| Arkhangelsk \| Astrakhan \| Belgorod \| Bryansk \| Chelyabinsk \| Chita \| Irkutsk \| Ivanovo \| Kaliningrad \| Kaluga \| Kamchatka \| Kemerovo \| Kirov \| Kostroma \| Kurgan \| Kursk \| Leningrad \| Lipetsk \| Magadan \| Moscow \| Murmansk \| Nizhny Novgorod \| Novgorod \| Novosibirsk \| Omsk \| Orenburg \| Oryol \| Penza \| Perm¹ \| Pskov \| Rostov \| Ryazan \| Sakhalin \| Samara \| Saratov \| Smolensk \| Sverdlovsk \| Tambov \| Tomsk \| Tver \| Tula \| Tyumen \| Ulyanovsk \| Vladimir \| Volgograd \| Vologda \| Voronezh \| Yaroslavl
Federal cities	Moscow \| St. Petersburg
Autonomous oblasts	Jewish
Autonomous districts	Aga Buryatia \| Chukotka \| Evenkia² \| Khantia-Mansia \| Koryakia \| Nenetsia \| Permyakia¹ \| Taymyria² \| Ust-Orda Buryatia \| Yamalia

1. On December 1, 2005, Perm Oblast and Permyakia will be merged to form Perm Krai.

2. On January 1, 2007, Evenkia and Taymyria will be merged into Krasnoyarsk Krai.

Federal districts

Categories: Oblasts of Russia