Sokółka County
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Sokółka County (Template:Langx) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Podlaskie Voivodeship, north-eastern Poland, on the border with Belarus. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Sokółka, which lies Script error: No such module "convert". north-east of the regional capital Białystok. The county also contains the towns of Dąbrowa Białostocka, lying Script error: No such module "convert". north of Sokółka, Krynki, lying Script error: No such module "convert". south-east of Sokółka, and Suchowola, Script error: No such module "convert". north-west of Sokółka.
The county covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert".. As of 2019 its total population is 67,055, out of which the population of Sokółka is 18,134, that of Dąbrowa Białostocka is 5,520, that of Krynki is 2,405, that of Suchowola is 2,183, and the rural population is 38,813.[1]
Neighbouring counties
Sokółka County is bordered by Białystok County to the south-west, Mońki County to the west and Augustów County to the north-west. It also borders Belarus to the east.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into 10 gminas (four urban-rural and six rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
| Gmina | Type | Area (km2) |
Population (2019) |
Seat |
| Gmina Sokółka | urban-rural | 313.6 | 25,438 | Sokółka |
| Gmina Dąbrowa Białostocka | urban-rural | 264.0 | 11,402 | Dąbrowa Białostocka |
| Gmina Suchowola | urban-rural | 255.9 | 6,900 | Suchowola |
| Gmina Janów | rural | 207.8 | 4,109 | Janów |
| Gmina Kuźnica | rural | 133.4 | 3,967 | Kuźnica |
| Gmina Sidra | rural | 174.0 | 3,417 | Sidra |
| Gmina Korycin | rural | 117.3 | 3,237 | Korycin |
| Gmina Krynki | urban-rural | 165.9 | 3,079 | Krynki |
| Gmina Szudziałowo | rural | 301.6 | 2,880 | Szudziałowo |
| Gmina Nowy Dwór | rural | 120.9 | 2,626 | Nowy Dwór |
Notable residents
Jazep Varonka (1891, Kuźnica village – 1952), Belarusian politician, first Chairman of the Belarusian Democratic Republic[2]
References
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- ↑ 130 years from the birth of Jazep Varonka (130 гадоў з дня нараджэння Язэпа Варонкі)(in Belarusian)
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