Tatarbunary Raion ( uk, Татарбунарський район) was a
raion (
district) in
Odessa 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
Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds of Be ...
. Its
administrative center was the city of
Tatarbunary
Tatarbunary (, ; ; ) is a city in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion, Odesa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. Administrative center of the Tatarbunary municipality. It is located north of the Danube Delta, in Budjak area, approximately so ...
. The raion was abolished and its territory was merged into
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Odessa Oblast to seven.
The last estimate of the raion population was
Geographically, there were 1 city (Tatarbunary), and 35 villages in the raion. Administratively, there were 1 City Council (Tatarbunary), and 18 Village Councils.
History
Tatarbunary Raion was established in 1940, as one of 13 raions of newly established
Akkerman Oblast
Izmail Oblast (; ro, Regiunea Ismail) (7 August 1940 — 15 February 1954) was an oblast in the Ukrainian SSR, roughly corresponding to the historical region of Budjak. It had a territory of .
The oblast was organized on 7 August 1940 on the ...
(later
Izmail Oblast) of
Ukrainian SSR. The area was transferred from
Kingdom of Romania to the
USSR following
June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum
The Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina took place from June 28 to July 3, 1940, as a result of an ultimatum by the Soviet Union to Romania on June 26, 1940, that threatened the use of force. Bessarabia had been part of the Kin ...
.
In 1954, Izmail Oblast was liquidated, and Tatarbunarskyi Raion, as well as other raions of the oblast, was transferred to Odessa Oblast.
In 1978, the administrative center of the raion, Tatarbunary, was given city status.
Administrative division
The raion was divided into 18 rural councils and one city council.
References
External links
Tatarbunarskyi Raion- Odessa Oblast Administration website
Tatarbunary raion-
Verkhovna Rada website
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Former raions of Odessa Oblast
1940 establishments in Ukraine
Ukrainian raions abolished during the 2020 administrative reform