Saratskyi Raion | |
Native Name: | Саратський район |
Native Name Lang: | uk |
Settlement Type: | Raion |
Flag Alt: | Flag of Saratskyi Raion |
Shield Alt: | Coat of arms of Saratskyi Raion |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Coordinates: | 46.1361°N 29.7294°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Odesa Oblast |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | coll |
P1: | 0 — city councils |
P2: | 1 — settlement councils |
P3: | 22 — rural councils |
P4: | Number of localities: 0 — cities |
P5: | |
P6: | 37 — villages |
P7: | 0 — rural settlements |
Established Title1: | Established |
Established Date1: | 1965 |
Established Title2: | Disestablished |
Established Date2: | 18 July 2020 |
Seat Type: | Admin. center |
Seat: | Sarata |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Anatoliy Korytnyi |
Leader Title1: | Chairman |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1475 |
Population Total: | 44171 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
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: | 68200—68271 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | +380 4848 |
Website: | http://sarata-rda.odessa.gov.ua |
Sarata Raion (Ukrainian: Саратський район) was a raion (district) in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine. It was part of the historical region of Bessarabia. Its administrative center was the urban-type settlement of Sarata. 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 Sarata Raion was merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion.[1] [2] The last estimate of the raion population was According to the 2001 census, the population was composed of speakers of Ukrainian (41.29%), Russian (21.42%), Bulgarian (19.13%) and Romanian (17.65%).[3] Sarata raion, within its boundaries at that time, had in 2001 49,907 inhabitants, of which 43.92% were ethnic Ukrainians, 15.86% ethnic Russians, 18.91% Moldovans, 20.01% ethnic Bulgarians, 0.34% ethnic Gagauz and 0.04% Romanians.[4]
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of five hromadas:[5]