Tatarbunarskyi Raion

Infobox Ukrainian raion
name=Tatarbunarskyi Raion
Ukrainian_name=Татарбунарський район
location_

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country=Ukraine
region=Odessa Oblast
administrative_center=Tatarbunary
area=1,748
population=41,710
density=23.9
raion_phone_code=04844
postal_index=68104
cities=1
rban-type_settlements=0
villages=35

Tatarbunarskyi Raion ( _uk. Татарбунарський район) is a raion (district) in Odessa Oblast of Ukraine. The raion is located in the south-west part of the oblast, along the Black Sea coast. Its administrative center is the city of Tatarbunary.

Geographically, there are 1 city (Tatarbunary), and 35 villages in the raion. Administratively, there are 1 City Council (Tatarbunary), and 18 Village Councils.

As of 2006, Tatarbunarskyi Raion is a home to 41,710 residents, out of which 10,740 live in the raion center, Tatarbunary.

History

Tatarbunarskyi Raion was established in 1940, as one of 13 raions of newly established Akkerman Oblast (later Izmail Oblast) of Ukrainian SSR. The area was transferred from Kingdom of Romania to the USSR following June 1940 Soviet Ultimatum.

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.

External links

* [http://region.odessa.gov.ua/main.aspx?sect=Province&ID=24 Tatarbunarskyi Raion] - Odessa Oblast Administration website
* [http://gska2.rada.gov.ua:7777/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=16.11.2006&rf7571=23283 Tatarbunarskyi Raion] - Verkhovna Rada website