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Sokal

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Also known as Sokal', Skohl, Sikal, Skol, Skul

Sokal (, Polish: Sokal) is a city located on the Bug River in Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approximately

Key facts

Settlement.name
Sokal
Settlement.native_name
Сокаль
Settlement.native_name_lang
uk
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
2015 Sokal, Kamienice na placu w centrum miasta.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Townhouses on the square in the city center
Settlement.image_shield
File:Coat_of_arms_Sokal.svg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ukraine Lviv Oblast#Ukraine
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Lviv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sheptytskyi Raion
Settlement.established_title
First mentioned
Settlement.established_date
1377
Settlement.population_as_of
2022
Settlement.population_total
20373
Settlement.timezone
EET

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Сокаль
Located in
Sokal Raion
Population
20986
Area
8.47
Elevation
198
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Body of water
Western Bug
Capital of
Sokal Raion
Image
2015 Sokal, Kamienice na placu w centrum miasta.JPG
Dialing code
3259
Licence plate code
BC
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Commons category
Sokal
category of associated people
Category:People of Sokal
topic's main category
Category:Sokal
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Сокаль
inception
1424-00-00
time of earliest written record
1377-00-00
native label
Сокаль
postal code
80000–80005
different from
Sokal
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Ukraine
P6482
Sokal
twinned administrative body
Hrubieszów
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Sokal (, Polish: Sokal) is a city located on the Bug River in Sheptytskyi Raion, Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Sokal urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population is approximately

== History == thumb|left|Building of the Sokół movement|Sokół Polish Gymnastic Society in the 1930s The first written mention of Sokal dates from 1377. In 1424, it received Magdeburg rights from Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, and in 1462, the town became part of Bełz Voivodeship, Lesser Poland Province. On August 2, 1519, following the defeat of a Polish-Lithuanian army under Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski by Crimean Tatars, the town was razed by the invaders. Mikolaj Sep-Szarzynski later dedicated one of his poems to this battle. In 1619, Armenians in Sokal were first mentioned.

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