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Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion Білгород-Дністровський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 46°10′N 30°10′E / 46.167°N 30.167°E / 46.167; 30.167
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Odesa Oblast
Established	1957
Admin. center	Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Subdivisions	16 hromadas
Government
• Governor	Vasyl Chornolutskiy
Area - since July 2020
• Total	5,154.98 km2 (1,990.35 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Total	196,618
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index	67720—67798
Area code	+380 4849
Website	https://bd-rda.od.gov.ua/

Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Білгород-Дністровський район; Romanian: Raionul Cetatea Albă) is a raion (district) in Odesa OblastofUkraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Population: 196,618 (2022 estimate).^[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odesa Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Sarata and Tatarbunary Raions, as well as Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality and part of Ovidiopol Raion, were merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion.^[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 59,349 (2020 est.).^[4]

Administrative division[edit]

Current[edit]

After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 16 hromadas:^[3]

• Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi urban hromada with the administration in the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, transferred from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality;^[5]
• Dyvisiia rural hromada with the administration in the villageofDyvisiia, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion;^[6]
• Karolino-Buhaz rural hromada with the administration in the village of Karolino-Buhaz, transferred from Ovidiopol Raion;^[7]
• Kulevcha rural hromada with the administration in the village of Kulevcha, transferred from Sarata Raion;^[8]
• Lyman rural hromada with the administration in the village of Lyman, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion;^[6]
• Marazliivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Marazliivka, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion;
• Moloha rural hromada with the administration in the village of Moloha, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion;
• Petropavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Petropavlivka, transferred from Sarata Raion;^[8]
• Plakhtiivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Plakhtiivka, transferred from Sarata Raion;^[8]
• Sarata settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlementofSarata, transferred from Sarata Raion;^[8]
• Serhiivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Serhiivka, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality;
• Shabo rural hromada with the administration in the village of Shabo, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion;
• Starokozache rural hromada with the administration in the village of Starokozache, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion;
• Tatarbunary urban hromada with the administration in the city of Tatarbunary, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion;^[6]
• Tuzly rural hromada with the administration in the village of Tuzly, transferred from Tatarbunary Raion;^[6]
• Uspenivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Uspenivka, transferred from Sarata Raion.^[8]

Before 2020[edit]

Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas,^[9]

• Marazliivka rural hromada with the administration in Marazliivka;
• Moloha rural hromada with the administration in Moloha;
• Serhiivka settlement hromada with the administration in Serhiivka (partially in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality);
• Shabo rural hromada with the administration in Shabo;
• Starokozache rural hromada with the administration in Starokozache.

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