En Name: | Sokolsky District |
Ru Name: | Сокольский район |
Image View: | Welcome. Sokolsky District.jpg |
Coordinates: | 57.1442°N 43.1625°W |
Federal Subject: | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast |
Adm Data As Of: | January 2016 |
Adm Ctr Type: | work settlement |
Adm Ctr Name: | Sokolskoye |
Urban-Type Settlement Of District Significance Type: | Work settlements |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements Of District Significance: | 1 |
Selsoviet Type1: | Selsoviets |
No Of Selsoviets Type1: | 3 |
No Of Urban-Type Settlements: | 1 |
No Of Rural Localities: | 242 |
Mun Data As Of: | August 2014 |
Mun Formation1: | Sokolsky Urban Okrug |
Area Of What: | administrative district |
Area As Of: | January 2016 |
Area Km2: | 1981.4 |
Pop 2010Census: | 14139 |
Urban Pop 2010Census: | 44.9% |
Rural Pop 2010Census: | 55.1% |
Website: | http://sokolskoe.omsu-nnov.ru |
Date: | January 2017 |
Sokolsky District (ru|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.[1] It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1981.4km2.[2] Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Sokolskoye. Population: 14,139 (2010 Census); The population of Sokolskoye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.
The district was a part of Ivanovo Oblast until 1994.