Sarata Raion

Sarata Raion (Ukrainian: Саратський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It was part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Sarata. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odesa Oblast to seven. The area of Sarata Raion was merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 44,171 (2020 est.).^[3] According to the 2001 census, the population was composed of speakers of Ukrainian (41.29%), Russian (21.42%), Bulgarian (19.13%) and Romanian (17.65%).^[4] Sarata raion, within its boundaries at that time, had in 2001 49,907 inhabitants, of which 43.92% were ethnic Ukrainians, 15.86% ethnic Russians, 18.91% Moldovans, 20.01% ethnic Bulgarians, 0.34% ethnic Gagauz and 0.04% Romanians.^[5]

Saratskyi Raion Саратський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 46°8′10″N 29°43′46″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Odesa Oblast
Established	1965
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Sarata
Subdivisions	List   0 — city councils   1 — settlement councils 22 — rural councils Number of localities:   0 — cities   1 — urban-type settlements 37 — villages   0 — rural settlements
Government
• Governor	Anatoliy Korytnyi
Area
• Total	1,475 km2 (570 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	44,171
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	68200—68271
Area code	+380 4848
Website	http://sarata-rda.odessa.gov.ua

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of five hromadas:^[6]

• Kulevcha rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Kulevcha;
• Petropavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Petropavlivka;
• Plakhtiivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Plakhtiivka;
• Sarata settlement hromada with the administration in Sarata;
• Uspenivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Uspenivka.