Sokal Raion

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Sokal Raion
Сокальський район
Raion
Flag of Sokal Raion
Flag		Coat of arms of Sokal Raion
Coat of arms
Sokal Raion
Coordinates: 50°23′08″N 24°06′14″E / 50.38556°N 24.10389°E / 50.38556; 24.10389Coordinates: 50°23′08″N 24°06′14″E / 50.38556°N 24.10389°E / 50.38556; 24.10389
Country  Ukraine
Province Lviv Oblast
Established 1939
Admin. center Sokal
Subdivisions
Government
 • Administration Mykola Mysak[1]
Area
 • Total 1,573 km2 (607 sq mi)
Population
 • Total 94,500
 • Density 60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Postal index 80000—80086
Area code 380-3257
Website www.sokal-rda.gov.ua

Sokal Raion (Ukrainian: Сокальський район, Sokal’s’kyi raion) is a raion (district) of Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Sokal. It has a population of 98,123 as of the 2001 Ukrainian Census.[2]

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.[2]

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[2] 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.[3]

See also

  • Bieszczady County, Poland, which acquired the Ukrainian territories during the 1951 exchange

References

  1. ↑ "Leadership". Sokal Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Sokal Raion, Lviv Oblast". Regions of Ukraine and their Structure (in Ukrainian). Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  3. ↑ Sylwester Fertacz, Krojenie mapy Polski: Bolesna granica. Alfa. Retrieved from the Internet Archive on 14 November 2011

External links

  • Media related to Category:Sokal Raion at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Main". Sokal Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
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