Country Russia Work settlements 1 Urban-type settlements 1 | Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Selsoviets 3 Area 2,096 km² | |
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Administrative center work settlement of Sokolskoye | ||
Sokolsky District (Russian: Сокольский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sokolsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,981.4 square kilometers (765.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Sokolskoye. Population: 14,139 (2010 Census); 16,137 (2002 Census); 19,559 (1989 Census). The population of Sokolskoye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.
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Map of Sokolsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
History
The district was a part of Ivanovo Oblast until 1994.
References
Sokolsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA