Izmail Raion
Izmail Raion (Ukrainian: Ізмаїльський район, romanized: Izmailskyi raion; Bulgarian: Измаилски район; Romanian: Raionul Ismail) is a raion (administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Izmail. It is in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia. Population: 204,745 (2022 estimate).[1]
Izmail Raion
Ізмаїльський район | |
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| Coordinates: 45°28′59″N 28°55′43″E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Odesa Oblast |
| Established | 1959 |
| Admin. center | Izmail |
| Subdivisions | 6 hromadas |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Serhiy Pavluhin |
| Area - since July 2020 | |
| • Total | 3,439.9 km2 (1,328.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
| • Total | 204,745 |
| • Density | 60/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 68640—68681 |
| Area code | +380 |
| Website | izmail-rda |
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 Izmail Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Kiliia and Reni Raions, as well as the city of Izmail, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Izmail Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 50,568 (2020 est.).[4]
In the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion had a multi-ethnic population of 54,692. 29% were Ukrainians, 28% Moldovans, 26% Bessarabian Bulgarians and 16% Russians.
Administrative division
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 hromadas:[3]
- Izmail urban hromada with the administration in the city of Izmail, transferred from the city of oblast significance of Izmai;[5]
- Kiliia urban hromada with the administration in the city of Kiliia, transferred from Kiliia Raion;[6]
- Reni urban hromada with the administration in the city of Reni, transferred from Reni Raion;[7]
- Safiany rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Safiany, retained from Izmail Raion;
- Suvorove settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Suvorove, retained from Izmail Raion;
- Vylkove urban hromada with the administration in the city of Vylkove, transferred from Kiliia Raion.[6]
Before 2020
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas,[8]
- Safiany rural hromada with the administration in Safiany;
- Suvorove settlement hromada with the administration in Suvorove.
See also
References
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
- "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
- "Измаильская городская громада" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- "Кілійська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- "Ренійська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
- "Болградська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
External links
- (in Ukrainian) Izmailsky Raion
- (in Ukrainian) Izmailsky Raion