Sakhanka (Ukrainian: Саханка; Russian: Саханка) is a village in Novoazovsk Raion (district) in Donetsk Oblast of eastern Ukraine, at 126 km south from the centre of Donetsk city; the SE part of the village borders with the Sea of Azov.
Sakhanka
Саханка | |
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  Sakhanka Location of Sakhanka within Ukraine  Sakhanka Sakhanka (Ukraine) | |
| Coordinates: 47°7′44″N 37°51′17″E / 47.12889°N 37.85472°E | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Province | Donetsk Oblast |
| District | Novoazovsk Raion |
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,086 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 87651 |
| Area code | +380 6296 |
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During the War in Donbass pro-Russian forces took the settlement under their control. In August 2021, it was one of the sites of the Sakhanka and Uzhivka killings.
Demographics
editNative language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
External links
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