Tatarbunary Raion

Tatarbunary Raion (Ukrainian: Татарбунарський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. The raion was located in the south-west part of the oblast, along the Black Sea coast, and it was part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the city of Tatarbunary. 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 Tatarbunary Raion was merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion.^[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 38,065 (2020 est.).^[3] According to the 2001 census, the majority of Tatarbunary raion's population spoke Ukrainian (72.4%), with a minority of Bulgarian (10.7%), Romanian (8.49%) and Russian (7.68%) speakers.^[4][5] Tatarbunary raion, within its boundaries at that time, had in 2001 41,710 inhabitants, of which 71.27% were ethnic Ukrainians, 6.42% ethnic Russians, 9.39% Moldovans, 11.48% ethnic Bulgarians, 0.24% ethnic Gagauz and 0.03% Romanians.^[6]

Tatarbunarskyi Raion Татарбунарський район
Raion
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 45°44′44″N 29°46′2″E
Country	Ukraine
Region	Odesa Oblast
Disestablished	18 July 2020
Admin. center	Tatarbunary
Subdivisions	List   1 — city councils   0 — settlement councils 18 — rural councils Number of localities:   1 — cities   0 — urban-type settlements 35 — villages   0 — rural settlements
Area
• Total	1,748 km2 (675 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	38,065
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index	68104
Area code	[phone]

Geographically, there were 1 city (Tatarbunary), and 35 villages in the raion.

History

Tatarbunary Raion was established in 1940, as one of 13 raions of newly established Akkerman Oblast (later Izmail Oblast) of Ukrainian SSR. The area was transferred from Kingdom of Romania to the USSR 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 Odesa Oblast.

In 1978, the administrative center of the raion, Tatarbunary, was given city status.

Administrative divisions

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of four hromadas:^[7]

• Dyvisiia rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dyvisiia;
• Lyman rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Lyman;
• Tatarbunary urban hromada with the administration in Tatarbunary;
• Tuzly rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Tuzly.