Sokolsky District 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. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,981.4 square kilometers (765.0 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Sokolskoye. Population: 14,139 ; 16,137 (2002 census); 19,559 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Sokolskoye accounts for 44.9% of the district's total population.
- Country
- Russia, Soviet Union
- Inception
- January 25, 1935
- Website
- http://sokolskoe.omsu-nnov.ru/
