Sakhanka
Sakhanka
Саханка | |
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Interactive map of Sakhanka | |
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 |
| Oblast | Donetsk Oblast |
| Raion | Kalmiuske Raion |
| Hromada | Novoazovsk urban hromada |
| 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 |
Sakhanka (Ukrainian: Саханка; Russian: Саханка) is a village in Kalmiuske 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 Donbas 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]
- Ukrainian: 58.28%
- Russian: 41.54%
- Armenian: 0.09%
- Greek (including Mariupol Greek and Urum[2]): 0.09%
References
- ^ a b "All-Ukrainian population census". db.ukrcensus.gov.ua. State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ Prysedska, Viktoriia (7 December 2025). Як надазовські греки, уруми і румеї, відроджують свої мови й культури [How the Nadazovia Greeks, Urums and Rumeis are reviving their languages and cultures]. BBC News Ukrainian (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.