Sakhanka

Sakhanka
Саханка
Flag of Sakhanka
Coat of arms of Sakhanka
Sakhanka is located in Donetsk Oblast
Sakhanka
Sakhanka
Location of Sakhanka within Ukraine
Sakhanka is located in Ukraine
Sakhanka
Sakhanka
Sakhanka (Ukraine)
Coordinates: 47°7′44″N 37°51′17″E / 47.12889°N 37.85472°E / 47.12889; 37.85472
Country Ukraine
ProvinceDonetsk Oblast
DistrictNovoazovsk Raion
Elevation
46 m (151 ft)
Population
 • Total1,086
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code
87651
Area code+380 6296
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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.

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

Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2024.