Country Ukraine Founded 1938 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 37 km² Local time Tuesday 11:51 AM | Oblast Dnipropetrovsk Elevation 30 m (100 ft) Area code(s) +380-5665 Population 48,345 (2014) | |
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Weather 9°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 50% Humidity Neighborhoods Soniachnyi District, Pivdennyi District, Yuvileinyi District, Skhidnyi District, Pivnichnyi District | ||
Marhanets (Ukrainian: Марганець, [ˈmɑrɦɑnɛt͡sʲ]; 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.
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Map of Marhanets', Dnipropetrovska, Ukraine
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.).
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.