Balta Raion

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{{short description|Former subdivision of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Balta Raion

| native_name = Балтський район

| native_name_lang = uk

| settlement_type = Raion

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| image_flag = Balta Raion flag.svg

| flag_alt = Flag of Balta Raion

| image_shield = Balta raion coat of arms.png

| shield_alt = Coat of arms of Balta Raion

| image_map = Baltenskyi-Raion.png

| mapsize = 200px

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| coordinates = {{coord|47|56|24|N|29|37|19|E|type:adm2nd_region:UA|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Odesa Oblast

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = coll

| p1 =   1 — city councils

| p2 =   0 — settlement councils

| p3 = 24 — rural councils

| p4 = Number of localities:
  1 — cities

| p5 =   {{nowrap|0 — urban-type settlements}}

| p6 = 41 — villages

| p7 =   0 — rural settlements

| established_title1 = Established

| established_date1 = 7 March 1923

| established_title2 = Disestablished

| established_date2 = 18 July 2020

| seat_type = Admin. center

| seat = Balta

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| leader_title = Governor

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| leader_title1 = Chairman

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| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 1317

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| population_footnotes =

| population_total = {{decrease}} 8164

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = EET

| utc_offset1 = +2

| timezone1_DST = EEST

| utc_offset1_DST = +3

| postal_code_type = Postal index

| postal_code = 66100—66163

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = +380 4866

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| website = [http://balta-rda.odessa.gov.ua/ Official website]

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Balta Raion ({{langx|uk|Балтський район}}, {{lang|uk-Latn|Balts'kyi raion}}) was a raion of Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center was located in the city of Balta which was incorporated separately as the city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion. 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 Balta Raion was merged into Podilsk Raion.{{Cite news|title=Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ.|url=http://www.golos.com.ua/article/333466|access-date=2020-10-03|date=2020-07-18|website=Голос України|language=uk}}{{cite web |title=Нові райони: карти + склад |url=https://www.minregion.gov.ua/press/news/novi-rajony-karty-sklad/ |publisher=Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України |language=Ukrainian}} The last estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2015|8,164|.}} Its population was 48,604 (including Balta) at the 2001 Ukrainian Census.{{cite web|title=Balta Raion, Odesa Oblast |url=http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=27.08.2007&rf7571=23630 |work=Regions of Ukraine and their Structure |publisher=Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine |accessdate=21 March 2013 |language=Ukrainian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072923/http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/z7502/A005?rdat1=27.08.2007&rf7571=23630 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }}