Sokolsky District, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

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Sokolsky District
Сокольский район (Russian)

Location of Sokolsky District in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Coordinates: 57°08′39″N 43°09′45″E / 57.14417°N 43.16250°E / 57.14417; 43.16250Coordinates: 57°08′39″N 43°09′45″E / 57.14417°N 43.16250°E / 57.14417; 43.16250

Welcome sign at the Sokolsky District border
Location
Country Russia
Federal subject Nizhny Novgorod Oblast[1]
Administrative structure (as of February 2014)
Administrative center work settlement of Sokolskoye[1]
Administrative divisions:[1]
Work settlements 1
Selsoviets 3
Inhabited localities:[1]
Urban-type settlements[2] 1
Rural localities 242
Municipal structure (as of June 2014)
Municipally incorporated as Sokolsky Urban Okrug[3]
Statistics
Area (administrative district) (February 2014) 1,981.4 km2 (765.0 sq mi)[1]
Population (2010 Census) 14,139 inhabitants[4]
• Urban 44.9%
• Rural 55.1%
Density 7.14/km2 (18.5/sq mi)[5]
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)[6]
Official website
Sokolsky District on WikiCommons

Sokolsky District (Russian: Сокольский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the forty-three in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sokolsky Urban Okrug.[3] 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);[4] 16,137 (2002 Census);[7] 19,559 (1989 Census).[8] The population of Sokolskoye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.[4]

History

The district was a part of Ivanovo Oblast until 1994.[1]

References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Order #3-od
  2. ↑ The count of urban-type settlements includes the work settlements, the resort settlements, the suburban (dacha) settlements, as well as urban-type settlements proper.
  3. 1 2 Law #64-Z
  4. 1 2 3 Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). "Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1" [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года (2010 All-Russia Population Census) (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  5. ↑ The value of density was calculated automatically by dividing the 2010 Census population by the area specified in the infobox. Please note that this value may not be accurate as the area specified in the infobox does not necessarily correspond to the area of the entity proper or is reported for the same year as the population.
  6. ↑ Правительство Российской Федерации. Федеральный закон №107-ФЗ от 3 июня 2011 г. «Об исчислении времени», в ред. Федерального закона №248-ФЗ от 21 июля 2014 г. «О внесении изменений в Федеральный закон "Об исчислении времени"». Вступил в силу по истечении шестидесяти дней после дня официального опубликования (6 августа 2011 г.). Опубликован: "Российская газета", №120, 6 июня 2011 г. (Government of the Russian Federation. Federal Law #107-FZ of June 31, 2011 On Calculating Time, as amended by the Federal Law #248-FZ of July 21, 2014 On Amending Federal Law "On Calculating Time". Effective as of after sixty days following the day of the official publication.).
  7. ↑ Russian Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). "Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек" [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian). Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Demoscope Weekly (1989). "Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров" [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. Retrieved August 9, 2014.

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