Dzhankoy


Dzhankoy or Jankoy is a town of regional significance in the north of the Crimea. It also serves as administrative center of Dzhankoy Raion although it is not a part of the raion. Population:
The name Dzhankoy is often translated into English from Crimean Tatar as "spirit-village" -Canköy. But the real meaning of this name is "new village": canköy < cañı köy.
In the city there are many types of industrial factories, some of which are: automobile, reinforced concrete, fabric, meat, and others. Dzhankoy also contains professional technical schools.

Geography

Dzhankoy serves as the administrative center of the Dzhankoy Raion. It is located about from the Crimean capital, Simferopol. Two railroad lines, Solionoye ozero-Sevastopol and Armyansk-Kerch, cross Dzhankoy. In 1926, Dzhankoy was granted city status.

Transport

Dzhankoy is a transport hub. Through the city pass two major railways of the peninsula as well as two major European highways. It has two railroad terminals - the central one, where only passenger and fast trains stop and the suburban one - where only suburban trains, known as elektrichkas, are allowed.

Demographics

Climate

Dzhankoy's climate is mostly hot in the summer, and mild in the winter. The average temperature ranges from in January, to in July. The average precipitation is per year.

In popular culture

Dzhankoy is the subject of a popular Yiddish song "Hey! Zhankoye," as popularized by Pete Seeger, and by Theodore Bikel, a Soviet-era song praising the life of Jews on collective farms in Crimea.

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