Balakliia Raion

Former subdivision of Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Raion in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Balakliia Raion Балаклійський район
Raion
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Raion location in Kharkiv Oblast
Coordinates: 49°24′27.1476″N 36°51′17.715″E / 49.407541000°N 36.85492083°E / 49.407541000; 36.85492083
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/

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]

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

^ "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.