Balta Raion
Балтський район
Raion
Flag of Balta Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Balta Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 29°37′19″E / 47.94000°N 29.62194°E / 47.94000; 29.62194
Country Ukraine
RegionOdesa Oblast
Established7 March 1923
Disestablished18 July 2020
Admin. centerBalta
Subdivisions
List
  •   1 — city councils
  •   0 — settlement councils
  • 24 — rural councils
  • Number of localities:
      1 — cities
  •   0 — urban-type settlements
  • 41 — villages
  •   0 — rural settlements
Area
 • Total1,317 km2 (508 sq mi)
Population
 (2020)
 • TotalDecrease 8,164
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal index
66100—66163
Area code+380 4866
WebsiteOfficial website

Balta Raion (Ukrainian: Балтський район, 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.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 8,164 (2015 est.).[3] Its population was 48,604 (including Balta) at the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[4]

Geography

Balta Raion was located in the northern part of the Odesa Oblast.[5]

History

Balta Raion was first established on 7 March 1923 as part of a full-scale administrative reorganization of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.[4] Between 1924 and 1940, Balta was part of Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, and then reverted to Ukraine.

Until 2016, the city of Balta was part of Balta Raion. On 4 February 2016, it was designated the city of oblast significance but remained the administrative center of the raion.[6]

Administrative divisions

Balta Raion was divided in a way that followed the general administrative scheme in Ukraine. Local government was also organized along a similar scheme nationwide. Consequently, raions were subdivided into councils, which were the prime level of administrative division in the country.

Each of the raion's urban localities administered their own councils, often containing a few other villages within its jurisdiction. However, only a handful of rural localities were organized into councils, which also might contain a few villages within its jurisdiction.

Accordingly, until 2016 Balta Raion was divided into:[4]

  • 1 city council—made up of the city of Balta (administrative center)
  • 24 village councils

Overall, the raion had a total of 42 populated localities, consisting of one city, and 41 villages.[4]

At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of one hromadas,[7] Pishchana rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Pishchana.

References

  1. ↑ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
  3. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Balta Raion, Odesa Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "General information". Balta Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Законодатели согласились на все предложения". Thesis (in Russian). 4 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Балтська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.
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