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Tarutynskyi Raion (Ukrainian: Тарутинський район Tarutyns'kyj rajon; Russian: Тарутинский район Tarutinskij rajon) is a raion (administrative division) in Odessa Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. It is in the historical region of Budjak in southern Bessarabia and its administrative seat is Tarutyne.
In the 2001 Ukrainian Census, the raion had a multi-ethnic population of 45,200 of which 38% were Bessarabian Bulgarians and 25% Ukrainians. The area was formerly home to a number of Bessarabia Germans.
