title: Tofalariya
text: # Tofalariya
  
  Tofalariya (Russian: Тофалария) is a small cultural and historical region in Irkutsk Oblast, Russian Federation. It is located in the southwestern part of Nizhneudinsky District.
  
  The main town is Alygdzher, with a population of 526 inhabitants. Tofalariya is located in the Eastern Sayan mountains. The main river is the Uda.
  
  ## History
  
  In 1939, at the time of the USSR, Tofalariya was part of the Tofalar National Region, a Soviet administrative division with a total surface of 29,000 $km^2$ (11,000 sq mi) which was disbanded in 1950. The indigenous people of this little mountainous region are the Tofalar, a much reduced, formerly nomadic people group speaking the Tofa language.
  
  