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Sokal Raion

Sokal Raion
Сокальський район
Raion
Flag of Sokal Raion
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Coat of arms of Sokal Raion
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Sokal Raion is located in Lviv Oblast
Sokal Raion
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
Region Lviv Oblast
Established 1939
Admin. center Sokal
Subdivisions
Government
 • Governor Mykola Mysak
Area
 • Total 1,573 km2 (607 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 92,801
 • Density 59/km2 (150/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 (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.).

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.


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