Sokolsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
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Sokolsky District (Russian: Соко́льский 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.[4] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,981.4 square kilometers (765.0 sq mi).[1] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Sokolskoye.[1] Population: 14,139 (2010 Census);[2] 16,137 (2002 census);[6] 19,559 (1989 Soviet census).[7] The population of Sokolskoye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.[2]
Sokolsky District
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Welcome sign at the Sokolsky District border | |
 Flag .png) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Sokolsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°08′39″N 43°09′45″E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1] |
| Established | 25 January 1935 |
| Administrative center | Sokolskoye[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,981.4 km2 (765.0 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 14,139 |
| • Density | 7.1359/km2 (18.482/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 44.9% |
| • Rural | 55.1% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Work settlements, 3 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities[1] | 1 urban-type settlements[3], 242 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sokolsky Urban Okrug[4] |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK [5]) |
| OKTMO ID | 22749000 |
| Website | http://sokolskoe.omsu-nnov.ru |
History
The district was a part of Ivanovo Oblast until 1994.[1]