Sokolsky District, Vologda Oblast
Sokolsky District
Сокольский район (Russian) | |
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Location of Sokolsky District in Vologda Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 59°28′N 40°07′E / 59.467°N 40.117°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Vologda Oblast |
| Established | July 15, 1929 |
| Administrative center | Sokol |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,100 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 12,947 |
| • Density | 3.2/km2 (8.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 37.0% |
| • Rural | 63.0% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Towns of district significance, 12 Selsoviets |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 cities/towns, 406 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sokolsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 2 urban settlements, 8 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 19638000 |
| Website | http://www.sokoladm.ru |
Sokolsky District (Russian: Со́кольский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-six in Vologda Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast and borders with Kharovsky and Syamzhensky Districts in the north, Totemsky District in the east, Mezhdurechensky District in the south, Vologodsky District in the southwest, and with Ust-Kubinsky District in the northwest. The area of the district is 4,100 square kilometers (1,600 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Sokol (which is not administratively a part of the district). Population: 12,947 (2010 census); 14,951 (2002 Census); 17,585 (1989 Soviet census).