Sakhanka
Village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
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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.
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 | |
| 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 |
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]
