Balta Raion
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Balta Raion
Балтський район | |
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| Coordinates: 47°56′24″N 29°37′19″E / 47.94000°N 29.62194°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast | Odesa Oblast |
| Established | 7 March 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Balta |
| Subdivisions | List
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| Area | |
• Total | 1,317 km2 (508 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,164  |
| • Density | 6.199/km2 (16.06/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal index | 66100—66163 |
| Area code | +380 4866 |
| Website | Official website |
Balta Raion (Ukrainian: Балтський район, Balts'kyj rajon) 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]
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]
