Sarata Raion
Saratskyi Raion
Саратський район | |
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| Coordinates: 46°8′10″N 29°43′46″E / 46.13611°N 29.72944°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Region | Odesa Oblast |
| Established | 1965 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Sarata |
| Subdivisions | List
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| 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 |
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]
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.
References
[edit]- ^ "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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Рідні мови в об'єднаних територіальних громадах України".
- ^ http://pop-stat.mashke.org/ukraine-ethnic2001.htm [bare URL]
- ^ "Саратська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.