Sarata Raion () was a
raion
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(district) in
Odesa Oblast
Odesa Oblast (), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Ode ...
of
Ukraine
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. It was part of the historical region of
Bessarabia
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. Its administrative center was the
urban-type settlement
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of
Sarata
Sarata (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian, and ; ) is a Populated places in Ukraine#Rural settlements, rural settlement in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast (Oblasts of Ukraine, region) of south-western Ukraine. ...
. 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
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion (; ) is a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It is part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center is the town of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Population:
On 18 July 2020, as part of the adm ...
. The last estimate of the raion population was 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%). 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.
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of five
hromada
In Ukraine, a hromada () is the main type of municipality and the third level Administrative divisions of Ukraine, local self-government in Ukraine. The current hromadas were established by the Cabinet of ministers of Ukraine, Government of Uk ...
s:
*
Kulevcha rural hromada
Kulevcha rural hromada () is a hromada in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine
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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
Sarata settlement hromada () is a hromada in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion of Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine, with an estimated 16,742 people as of 2020. It consists of the rural settlement of Sarata and ten villages:
* Dolynka
* Kamianka
* ...
with the administration in Sarata;
*
Uspenivka rural hromada with the administration in the selo of
Uspenivka.
References
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Former raions of Odesa Oblast
1965 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform
History of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion