Izmail Raion

Izmail Raion (Ukrainian: Ізмаїльський район Izmayil's'kyi rayon; Russian: Измаильский район Izmail'skii raion; Romanian: Raionul Ismail) is a raion (administrative division) in Odessa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Izmail. It is in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia. Population: 207,333 (2021 est.)[1]

Izmailskyi Raion
Ізмаїльський район
Raion
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Coordinates: 45°28′59″N 28°55′43″E
Country Ukraine
RegionOdessa Oblast
Established1959
Admin. centerIzmail
Subdivisions6 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorSergiy Pavluhin
Area
- since July 2020
 • Total3,439.9 km2 (1,328.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total207,333
 • Density60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
68640—68681
Area code+380
Websitehttp://izmail-rda.odessa.gov.ua

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odessa Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Izmail Raion was significantly expanded. [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.

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References
  1. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  2. "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  3. "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  4. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 30 September 2020.


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