Sartana, Ukraine

Sartana
Сартана
St. George's Church
St. George's Church
Coat of arms of Sartana
Sartana is located in Ukraine
Sartana
Sartana
Location of Sartana in Donetsk Oblast
Sartana is located in Donetsk Oblast
Sartana
Sartana
Sartana (Donetsk Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°10′00″N 37°41′00″E / 47.16667°N 37.68333°E / 47.16667; 37.68333
Country Ukraine
Oblast Donetsk
RaionMariupol Raion
HromadaSartana settlement hromada
Founded1780
Area
 • Total6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total10,070
 • Density1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (MSK)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3
Postal code
87592, 87593
Area code+380 629

Sartana (Ukrainian/Russian: Сартана; Greek: Σαρτανάς or Σαρτανά, known as Primorskoe from 1938 to 1990) is an rural settlement on the banks of the river Kalmius in Donetsk oblast, eastern Ukraine. It was administratively part of the Kalmiuskyi District before 2020, and is now part of Mariupol Raion, and the settlement has close proximity to the city of Mariupol. The name of the village means "yellow calf" (sary - yellow, tana - calf) in the Urum language. Of the population of the settlement, about 10,070 (2022 estimate),[1] the majority is ethnic Greek and speak the Greek language fluently.[2]

  1. ^ Чисельність наявного населення України на 1 січня 2022 [Number of Present Population of Ukraine, as of January 1, 2022] (PDF) (in Ukrainian and English). Kyiv: State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Ukraine's Greek village of Sartana: The persecutions, the war and the thirst for Greek education". Greek City Times. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.