Sokal Raion

Sokal Raion (Ukrainian: Сокальський район, Sokal’s’kyi raion) is a raion (destrict) o Lviv Oblast (province) in wastren Ukraine. Its admeenistrative centre is the ceety o Sokal. It haes a population o 98,123 as o the 2001 Ukrainian Census. The Sokal Raion haes a tot o 106 populatit dounsets: fower are ceeties subordinate tae the raion admeenistration, includin Belz, Velyki Mosty, Sokal, an Uhniv; ane urban-teep dounset, Zhvyrka; an 101 veelages. The raion borders Poland tae the wast, Volyn Oblast tae the north, an Lviv Oblast's Radekhiv Raion tae the east, an the Kamianka-Buzka an Zhovkva Raions tae the sooth. The raion wis established in 1939 wi the annexation o Wastren Ukraine tae the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1951, the raion's admeenistration wis expandit tae include territories cedit frae the Lublin Voivodship o the Fowkrepublic o Poland durin the 1951 Polish–Soviet territorial exchynge. Durin the transfer, the ceeties o Bełz, Uhnów, Krystynopol, an Waręż wur transferred tae Ukraine. See an aw Bieszczady Coonty, Poland, which acquired the Ukrainian territories durin the 1951 exchynge References Freemit airtins Media relatit tae Category:Sokal Raion at Wikimedia Commons "Main". Sokal Raion State Administration (in Ukrainian). Archived frae the original on 18 Januar 2021. Retrieved 16 Februar 2012.