Sokal Raion
Sokal Raion is a raion of Lviv Oblast 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:.
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.
