Taraclia District

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Taraclia
District (Raion)
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Republic of Moldova
Administrative center (Oraş-reşedinţă)	Taraclia
Government
• Raion President	Vasile Plagov
Area
• Total	674 km2 (260 sq mi)
Population  (2014)[1]
• Total	37,357
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Area code	+373 74
Car plates	TA

Taraclia (Romanian pronunciation: [taraˈkli.a], Bulgarian: Тараклия) is a district (Romanian: raion) in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Taraclia.

As of 1 January 2012, its population was 44,100, 65.6% of whom were ethnic Bulgarians. The district covers an area of 674 km² (260 sq mi) and has the lowest population density of all districts of Moldova.