Kalanchak - the center of the eponymous district of Kherson region. The town was founded in 1794. Kalanchak away from the regional center at a distance of 80 km. Through the city flows the river Kalanchak. The population is 9910 people.
The city has access to the Black Sea through Karnikitsku bay.
Monument of the village is Kam'yanska January. It remains the last of the Zaporozhian Sich. Here is the grave of the last Cossack chieftain Hodiyenka.
Notable natives Kalanchak:
- John Dnipro - Ukrainian writer, translator;
- Igor Kondratiuk - Ukrainian TV presenter, noumenon.