Zabaykalsky Krai

Zabaykalsky Krai (, lit. Transbaikal krai) is a federal subject o Roushie (a krai) that wis creatit on Mairch 1, 2008 as a result o a merger o Chita Oblast an Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug, efter a referendum held on the issue on 11 Mairch 2007. Population: 1,106,611 (2010 Census).

 Geography 
The krai is locatit athin the historical region o Transbaikalie.

 Borders 
The krai haes extensive internaitional borders wi Cheenae (998 km) an Mongolie (868 km) an internal borders wi Irkutsk an Amur Oblasts, as well as wi the Republic o Buryatie an the Sakha Republic.

 Admeenistrative diveesions 

 Demographics 
Population: 

The population wis maistly Roushies an Buryats, alang wi some Ukrainians an a few Evenks. Thare wur 1,000 Jews in the regional caipital. Accordin tae the 2010 Census, Roushies made up 89.9% o the population while Buryats war 6.8%. Ither significant groups wur Ukrainian (0.6%), Tatars (0.5%), Belaroushie (0.2%), Azeri (0.18%), Evenks (0.1%). 19,981 fowk wur registered frae admeenistrative databases, an coud nae declare an ethnicity. It is estimatit that the proportion o ethnicities in this group is the same as that o the declared group.

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Category:States an territories established in 2008