Balakliia Raion (Ukrainian: Балаклійський район) was the largest raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast of Ukraine. The area of the raion was 1,986.4 km2, corresponding to 6.3% of the total territory of Kharkiv Oblast. Its administrative center was the town of Balakliia. The raion was abolished on 18 July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast to seven. The area of Balakliia Raion was merged into Izium Raion.[1][2] The last estimate of the raion population was 78,337 (2020 est.)[3]
Balakliia Raion
Балаклійський район | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
 Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 49°24′27.1476″N 36°51′17.715″E / 49.407541000°N 36.85492083°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kharkiv Oblast |
| Established | 1923 |
| Disestablished | 18 July 2020 |
| Admin. center | Balakliia |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,986.44 km2 (766.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 78,337 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | http://balakliya-rda.gov.ua/ |
At the time of disestablishment, the raion consisted of three hromadas:[4]
- Balakliia urban hromada with the administration in Balakliia;
- Donets settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Donets;
- Savyntsi settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Savyntsi.
References
edit- ^ "Про утворення та ліквідацію районів. Постанова Верховної Ради України № 807-ІХ". Голос України (in Ukrainian). 2020-07-18. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
- ^ "Нові райони: карти + склад" (in Ukrainian). Міністерство розвитку громад та територій України.
- ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2020 року / Population of Ukraine Number of Existing as of January 1, 2020 (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Балаклійська районна рада (состав до 2020 г.)" (in Russian). Портал об'єднаних громад України.