Bolhrad Raion
{{short description|Subdivision of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Odesa Oblast}}
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts = 10 hromadas
| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1940
| seat_type = Admin. center
| seat = Bolhrad
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| leader_title = Governor
| leader_name = Mykhaylo Sadakliev
| leader_title1 = Chairman
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| area_footnotes = - since July 2020
| area_total_km2 = 4,518.02
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| population_total = 144377
| population_as_of = 2022
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = EET
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| utc_offset1_DST = +03:00
| postal_code_type = Postal index
| postal_code = 68700—68752
| area_code_type = Area code
| area_code = +380 4846
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| website = https://bolgrad-rda.od.gov.ua/
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Bolhrad Raion ({{langx|uk|Болградський район}}; {{langx|ro|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: {{Ua-pop-est2022|144,377|punct=.}}
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.{{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 January 2020 estimate of the raion population was {{Ua-pop-est2020|66,666|.}}
Administrative division
=Current=
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 10 hromadas:
- Artsyz urban hromada with the administration in the city of Artsyz, transferred from Artsyz Raion;{{cite web |title=Арцизька районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Одесская-область/Арцизский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}
- Bessarabske settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Bessarabske, transferred from Tarutyne Raion;
- Bolhrad urban hromada with the administration in the city of Bolhrad, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
- Budzhak settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of Budzhak, transferred from Tarutyne Raion;{{cite web |title=Тарутинська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Одесская-область/Тарутинский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}
- Horodnie rural hromada with the administration in the village of Horodnie, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
- Krynychne rural hromada with the administration in the village of Krynychne, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
- Kubei rural hromada with the administration in the village of Kubei, retained from Bolhrad Raion;
- Pavlivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Pavlivka, transferred from Artsyz Raion;
- Teplytsia rural hromada with the administration in the village of Teplytsia, transferred from Artsyz Raion;
- Vasylivka rural hromada with the administration in the village of Vasylivka, retained from Bolhrad Raion.
=Before 2020=
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Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of five hromadas,{{cite web |title=
Болградська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.) |url=https://gromada.info/ru/region/Одесская-область/Болградский-район/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=Russian}}
- Bolhrad urban hromada with the administration in Bolhrad;
- Horodnie rural hromada with the administration in Horodnie;
- Krynychne rural hromada with the administration in Krynychne;
- Kubei rural hromada with the administration in Kubei;
- Vasylivka rural hromada with the administration in Vasylivka.
References
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{{Odesa Oblast}}
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Category:Raions of Odesa Oblast