Dzhankoy (Ukrainian and Russian: Джанкой, Crimean Tatar: Canköy) is a city in the north of Crimea, Ukraine, and the capital of Dzhankoy raion. It is located about 93 kilometres (58 mi) from the Crimean capital, Simferopol. Two railroad lines, Kharkiv-Sevastopol and Armyansk-Kerch, cross Dzhankoy. In 1926, Dzhankoy was granted city status.
Dzhankoy is a great railroad junction. It has two railroad terminals - the central one, where only passenger and fast trains stop and the suburb one - where only suburb trains, known as elektrichki are allowed.
The name Dzhankoy is often translated into English from Crimean Tatar as "spirit-village" (can — spirit, köy — village) -Canköy. But real meaning of this name is "new village": canköy < cañı köy (cañı is "new" in the northern dialect of Crimean Tatar).
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. | Year | #Inhabitants | | 1805 | 173 | | 1926 | 8,310 | | 1939 | 19,576 | | 1970 | 43,000 | | 1989 | 53,464 | | 2001 | 42,861 | Dzhankoy's climate is mostly hot in the summer, and mild in the winter. The average temperature ranges from −1.8 °C (29 °F) in January, to 23.3 °C (73.9 °F) in July. The average precipitation is 418 millimetres (16.5 in) per year.
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