Sakhanka | |||||||||
Native Name: | Саханка | ||||||||
Native Name Lang: | uk | ||||||||
Settlement Type: | Village | ||||||||
Unit Pref: | Metric | ||||||||
Population Total: | 1,093 | ||||||||
Population As Of: | 2001 census | ||||||||
Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||||||
Timezone: | EET | ||||||||
Utc Offset: | +2 | ||||||||
Timezone Dst: | EEST | ||||||||
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 | ||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Ukraine Donetsk Oblast#Ukraine | ||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Sakhanka within Ukraine | ||||||||
Coordinates: | 47.1289°N 37.8547°W | ||||||||
Postal Code Type: | Postal code | ||||||||
Postal Code: | 87651 | ||||||||
Area Code Type: | Area code | ||||||||
Area Code: | +380 6296 | ||||||||
Elevation M: | 46 | ||||||||
Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||||||
Subdivision Type1: | Province | ||||||||
Subdivision Name1: | Donetsk Oblast | ||||||||
Subdivision Type2: | District | ||||||||
Subdivision Name2: | Novoazovsk Raion | ||||||||
Pushpin Relief: | y | ||||||||
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Sakhanka (Ukrainian: Саханка; Russian: link=no|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.
Native language as of the Ukrainian Census of 2001:[1]