Odesa Raion
Odesa Raion (also sometimes spelled as Odessa Raion; ; ) is a raion (district) of Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. It was created on 17 July 2020 as part of the reform of administrative divisions of Ukraine. One abolished raions, Biliaivka Raion, Biliaivka and Illichivsk municipalities, parts of Lyman and Ovidiopol raions, as well as the cities of Odesa, Teplodar, and Yuzhne, which were previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance, were merged into Odesa Raion. The center of the raion is the city of Odesa. Population: Administrative division At the time of establishment, the raion consisted of 22 hromadas: Avanhard settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Avanhard, transferred from Ovidiopol Raion; Biliaivka urban hromada with the administration in the city of Biliaivka, transferred from Biliaivka Municipality; Chornomorsk urban hromada with the administration in the city of Chornomorsk, transferred from Illichivsk Municipality; Chornomorske settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type settlement of Chornomorske, transferred from Lyman Raion; Dalnyk rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dalnyk, transferred from Ovidiopol Raion; Dachne rural hromada with the administration in the selo of Dachne, transferred from Biliaivka Raion; Dobroslav settlement hromada with the administration in the urban-type