Bolhrad Raion

Bolhradskyi Raion
Болградський район
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Coordinates: 45°46′N 28°48′E / 45.767°N 28.800°E / 45.767; 28.800
Country Ukraine
Oblast Odesa Oblast
Established1940
Admin. centerBolhrad
Subdivisions10 hromadas
Government
 • GovernorMyhaylo Sadakliev
Area
- since July 2020
 • Total4,518.02 km2 (1,744.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[1]
 • Total144,377
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal index
68700—68752
Area code+380 4846
Websitehttps://bolgrad-rda.od.gov.ua/

Bolhrad Raion (Ukrainian: Болградський район; Romanian: Raionul Bolgrad) 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 Bolhrad. Population: 144,377 (2022 estimate).[1]

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Odesa Oblast was reduced to seven and the area of Bolhrad Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Artsyz and Tarutyne Raions, were merged into Bolhrad Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 66,666 (2020 est.).[4]

  1. ^ a b Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  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 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.