Kalanchak

Kalanchak (Каланчак)
Town

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Coordinates: UA 46°15′08″N 33°17′26″E / 46.25222°N 33.29056°E / 46.25222; 33.29056
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kherson
Raion Kalanchak
Area
  Total 21.706 km2 (8.381 sq mi)
Population (2011)
  Total 9,518
Postal code 75800
Area code(s) +380-5530

Kalanchak (Ukrainian: Каланчак) is a town in Kherson Oblast, Ukraine.[1]

The town was founded in 1794 as a home for exiled participants in the Turbai uprising.[2]

References

  1. "Главная страница Каланчацька селищна рада". kalanrada.ks.ua. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  2. 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.


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