Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion (
Ukrainian: Білгород-Дністровський район;
Romanian: Raionul Cetatea Albă) 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
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Population: 196,618 (2022 estimate).[1]
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 Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion was significantly expanded. Two abolished raions,
Sarata and
Tatarbunary Raions, as well as
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality and part of
Ovidiopol Raion, were merged into Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion.[2][3] The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 59,349 (2020 est.).[4]
Administrative division
Current
After the reform in July 2020, the raion consisted of 16
hromadas:[3]
Serhiivka settlement hromada with the administration in the rural settlement of
Serhiivka, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Municipality;
Shabo rural hromada with the administration in the village of
Shabo, retained from Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion;