Sokołów County

Infobox Settlement
name = Sokołów County
native_name = Powiat sokołowski
settlement_type = County
total_type = Total


image_blank_emblem = POL powiat sokołowski COA.svg


map_caption = Location within the voivodeship

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map_caption1 = Division into gminas
mapsize1=100px
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Masovian
area_total_km2 = 1131.42
population_total = 56823
population_as_of = 2006
population_density_km2 = auto
population_urban = 20554
population_blank1_title = Rural
population_blank1 = 36269
coor_type = Sokołów Podlaski
latd = 52
latm = 24
lats = 24
latNS = N
longd = 22
longm = 14
longs = 47
longEW = E
seat = Sokołów Podlaski
parts_type = Gminas
parts = Total 9 (incl. 1 urban)
p1 = Sokołów Podlaski
p2 = Gmina Bielany
p3 = Gmina Ceranów
p4 = Gmina Jabłonna Lacka
p5 = Gmina Kosów Lacki
p6 = Gmina Repki
p7 = Gmina Sabnie
p8 = Gmina Sokołów Podlaski
p9 = Gmina Sterdyń
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = WSK
website = http://www.powiat-sokolowski.pl __NOTOC__Sokołów County ( _pl. powiat sokołowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It was created on January 1, 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sokołów Podlaski, which lies convert|88|km|mi|0 east of Warsaw. The only other town in the county is Kosów Lacki, lying convert|23|km|mi|0|abbr=on north of Sokołów Podlaski.

The county covers an area of convert|1131.42|km2|sqmi|1. As of 2006 its total population is 56,823, out of which the population of Sokołów Podlaski is 18,419, that of Kosów Lacki is 2,135, and the rural population is 36,269.

Neighbouring counties

Sokołów County is bordered by Ostrów Mazowiecka County and Wysokie Mazowieckie County to the north, Siemiatycze County to the east, Siedlce County to the south, and Węgrów County to the west.

Administrative division

The county is subdivided into nine gminas (one urban, one urban-rural and seven rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

References

* [http://www.stat.gov.pl/gus/45_655_PLK_HTML.htm Polish official population figures 2006]