Kalanchak
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UkraineKalanchak | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
  Kalanchak  Kalanchak | |
| Coordinates: 46°15′08″N 33°17′26″E / 46.25222°N 33.29056°E | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Oblast | Kherson Oblast |
| Raion | Skadovsk Raion |
| Hromada | Kalanchak settlement hromada |
| Area | |
• Total | 21.706 km2 (8.381 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total |  8,977 |
| Postal code | 75800 |
| Area code | +380-5530 |
Kalanchak (Ukrainian: Каланчак, Russian: Каланчак) is a rural settlement in Skadovsk Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine.[1] It hosts the administration of the Kalanchak settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.[2] It has a population of 8,977 (2022 estimate).[3]
In the Middle Ages, there was a fortification referred to as kale-kucuk (small fortress in Crimean Tatar). The settlement was founded in 1794 as a home for exiled participants in the Turbai uprising.[4] Kalanchak became the site of the first attack on Ukraine during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, when Russian soldiers attacked an outpost in the town.[5]
Until 18 July 2020, Kalanchak was the administrative center of Kalanchak Raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Kherson Oblast to five. The area of Kalanchak Raion was merged into Skadovsk Raion.[6][7]
On 25 February 2022, the second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kalanchak appeared in the Russian-controlled area on a map published by the Institute for the Study of War.[8]
Until 26 January 2024, Kalanchak was designated urban-type settlement. On this day, a new law entered into force which abolished this status, and Kalanchak became a rural settlement.[9]
Demographics
As of the 2001 Ukrainian census, Kalanchak had a population of 11,116 inhabitants, which was almost entirely ethnically Ukrainian. Small Russian, Armenian, Moldovan, Belarusian minorities also live in the town, as well as some Romani people. The native language composition was as follows:[10]