Izmail is a historic town near the Danube river in the Odessa Oblast (province) of south-western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Izmailsky Raion (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast.
Izmail is the largest Ukrainian port on the Danube Delta. As such, it is a center of the food processing industry and a popular regional tourist destination. It is also a base of the Ukrainian Navy and the Ukrainian Sea Guard units operating in Danube. The World Wildlife Fund's Isles of Izmail Regional Landscape Park is located nearby.
The current estimated population is around 85,000, with ethnic Russians forming about 42.7% of that total, 38% being Ukrainians, 10% Bessarabian Bulgarians, and 4.3% Moldovans.
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