Izmail Raion

Izmailskyi Raion
Ізмаїльський район
Raion
Flag of Izmailskyi Raion
Flag
Coat of arms of Izmailskyi Raion
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 45°28′59″N 28°55′43″E / 45.48306°N 28.92861°E / 45.48306; 28.92861Coordinates: 45°28′59″N 28°55′43″E / 45.48306°N 28.92861°E / 45.48306; 28.92861
Country  Ukraine
Region Odessa Oblast
Established 1959
Admin. center Izmail
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Sergiy Pavluhin
Area
 • Total 1,254 km2 (484 sq mi)
Population (2013)
 • Total Decrease 51,685
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 68640—68681
Area code +380
Website http://izmail-rda.odessa.gov.ua

Izmailsky Raion (Ukrainian: Ізмаїльський район Izmayil's'kyi rayon; Russian: Измаильский район Izmail'skii raion; Romanian: Raionul Ismail) is a raion (administrative division) in Odessa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. Its administrative center is the town of Izmail which is incorporated separately as a city of oblast significance and does not belong to the raion. It is in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia. Population: 51,685 (2015 est.)[1]

In the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion had a multi-ethnic population of 54,692. 29% were Ukrainians, 28% Moldovans, 26% Bessarabian Bulgarians and 16% Russians.

  1. ↑ "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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