Kalanchak

Kalanchak (Ukrainian: Каланчак) is an urban-type settlement in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine. [1] It serves as the administrative center of Kalanchak Raion. Population: 9,274 (2015 est.)[2]

Kalanchak (Каланчак)
Urban-type settlement
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Coordinates: 46°15′08″N 33°17′26″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kherson
Raion	Kalanchak
Area
• Total	21.706 km^2 (8.381 sq mi)
Population  (2015)
• Total	9,274
Postal code	75800
Area code(s)	+380-5530

The settlement was founded in 1794 as a home for exiled participants in the Turbai uprising.[3]

References

1. "Главная страница Каланчацька селищна рада". kalanrada.ks.ua. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
2. "Чисельність наявного населення України (Actual population of Ukraine)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
3. Volodymyr Kubijovyc (26 May 2016). Encyclopedia of Ukraine: Volume II: G-K. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. p. 1169. ISBN 978-1-4426-5118-0.