Postal index 80000—80086 Area 1,573 km² Subdivisions 101 | Established 1939 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area code 380-3257 Population 92,801 (2016) | |
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Sokal Raion (Ukrainian: Сокальський район, Sokal’s’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (region) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Sokal. It had a population of 98,123 in the 2001 Ukrainian Census. Current population: 92,801 (2016 est.).
Map of Sokal's'kyi district, Lvivska, Ukraine
The Sokal Raion has a total of 106 populated settlements: four are cities subordinate to the raion administration, including Belz, Velyki Mosty, Sokal, and Uhniv; one urban-type settlement, Zhvyrka; and 101 villages.
The raion borders Poland to the west, Volyn Oblast to the north, and Lviv Oblast's Radekhiv Raion to the east, and the Kamianka-Buzka and Zhovkva Raions to the south.
The raion was established in 1939 with the annexation of Western Ukraine to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1951, the raion's administration was expanded to include territories ceded from the Lublin Voivodeship of the People's Republic of Poland during the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchange. During the transfer, the cities of Bełz, Uhnów, Krystynopol, and Waręż were transferred to Ukraine.