Marhanets

Coordinates: 47°38′23″N 34°38′11″E / 47.63972°N 34.63639°E

Marhanets
Марганець

WW2 partisan memorial in Marhanets

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Marhanets

Location in Ukraine

Coordinates: 47°38′41″N 34°36′15″E / 47.64472°N 34.60417°E
Country  Ukraine
Oblast Dnipropetrovsk
Founded 1938
Government
  Mayor (interim) Oleksandr Bilyj
Area
  Total 37 km2 (14 sq mi)
Elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Population (2014)
  Total 48,345
  Density 1,312/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Area code(s) +380-5665
Website http://marganets-rada.dp.ua/index.html

Marhanets (Ukrainian: Марганець; Russian: Марганец, literally manganese) is a city of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that was established in 1938 in central Ukraine. It was established in place of village Horodyshche that contained a manganese mine (mining town) and in 1926-1938 was called Komintern.

Ancient mound in Marhanets

Administratively, it is incorporated within Marhanets municipality as a city of oblast significance which is located on the administrative border between Nikopol and Tomakivka raions. It is located on the right bank of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the Dnieper River where the river meets one of its tributaries Tomakivka. Population: 48,546(2013 est.)[1].

It considered that next to the modern city was located the Cossack Fort "Tomakivka Sich" in the 16th century that was destroyed by Tatars soon after the Kosiński Uprising.

2010 accident

On October 12, 2010, at least 42 people died after a road accident in this city.

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