Tatarbunary Raion ( uk, Татарбунарський район) was a
raion
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(
district
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) in
Odessa Oblast
Odesa Oblast ( uk, Оде́ська о́бласть, translit=Odeska oblast), also referred to as Odeshchyna ( uk, Оде́щина) is an oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administ ...
of
Ukraine
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. The raion was located in the south-west part of the oblast, along the
Black Sea
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coast, and it was part of the historical region of
Bessarabia. Its
administrative center
An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located.
In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
was the city of
Tatarbunary. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion ( uk, Білгород-Дністровський район; ro, Raionul Cetatea Albă) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is ...
on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odessa Oblast to seven.
The last estimate of the raion population was
Geographically, there were 1 city (Tatarbunary), and 35 villages in the raion. Administratively, there were 1 City Council (Tatarbunary), and 18 Village Councils.
History
Tatarbunary Raion was established in 1940, as one of 13 raions of newly established
Akkerman Oblast (later
Izmail Oblast
Izmail Oblast (; ro, Regiunea Ismail) (7 August 1940 — 15 February 1954) was an oblast in the Ukrainian SSR, roughly corresponding to the historical region of Budjak. It had a territory of .
The oblast was organized on 7 August 1940 on th ...
) of
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
. The area was transferred from
Kingdom of Romania
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to the
USSR
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following
June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum.
In 1954, Izmail Oblast was liquidated, and Tatarbunarskyi Raion, as well as other raions of the oblast, was transferred to Odessa Oblast.
In 1978, the administrative center of the raion, Tatarbunary, was given city status.
Administrative division
The raion was divided into 18 rural councils and one city council.
References
External links
Tatarbunarskyi Raion- Odessa Oblast Administration website
Tatarbunary raion-
Verkhovna Rada
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...
website
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Former raions of Odessa Oblast
1940 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform