| Izmail Raion | |
| Native Name: | Ізмаїльський район |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Settlement Type: | Raion |
| Flag Alt: | Flag of Izmail Raion |
| Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Izmail Raion |
| Image Map1: | Izmayil Raion Map 2020 July.tif |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Coordinates: | 45.4831°N 28.9286°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Oblast |
| Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
| Parts: | 6 hromadas |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1959 |
| Seat Type: | Admin. center |
| Seat: | Izmail |
| Leader Title: | Governor |
| Leader Name: | Serhiy Pavluhin |
| Leader Title1: | Chairman |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Footnotes: | - since July 2020 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3,439.9 |
| Population Total: | 204745 |
| Population As Of: | 2022 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | EET |
| Utc Offset1: | +02:00 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +03:00 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal index |
| Postal Code: | 68640—68681 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | +380 |
Izmail Raion (uk|Ізмаїльський район |translit=Izmailskyi raion; bg|Измаилски район; ro|Raionul Ismail) is a raion (administrative division) in Odesa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Izmail. It is in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia. Population:
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 Izmail Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions, Kiliia and Reni Raions, as well as the city of Izmail, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Izmail Raion.[1] [2] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was
In the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion, within its boundaries at that time, had a multi-ethnic population of 54,692, including 15,798 ethnic Ukrainians (28.89%), 15,083 self-identified Moldovans (27.58%), 14,072 Bulgarians (25.73%), 8,870 ethnic Russians (16.22%), 230 Gagauz (0.42%) and 34 self-identified Romanians (0.06%).[3] Izmail Raion, within its boundaries at that time, had 54,692 inhabitants in 2001, including 26.34% Ukrainian-speakers, 26.21% Romanian-speakers, 21.56% Russian-speakers, 24.88% Bulgarian-speaking and 0.26% Gagauz-speaking.[4] [5]
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 6 hromadas:[2]
Before the 2020 reform, the raion consisted of two hromadas,[9]