Sonkovsky District
Sonkovsky District
Сонковский район | |
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Location of Sonkovsky District in Tver Oblast | |
| Coordinates: 57°46′50″N 37°09′30″E / 57.78056°N 37.15833°E | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Tver Oblast |
| Established | 12 July 1929 |
| Administrative center | Sonkovo |
| Area | |
• Total | 970 km2 (370 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,553 |
| • Density | 8.8/km2 (23/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 48.7% |
| • Rural | 51.3% |
| Administrative structure | |
| • Administrative divisions | 1 Urban settlements, 7 Rural settlements |
| • Inhabited localities | 1 urban-type settlements, 181 rural localities |
| Municipal structure | |
| • Municipally incorporated as | Sonkovsky Municipal District |
| • Municipal divisions | 1 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (MSK ) |
| OKTMO ID | 28651000 |
| Website | http://www.sonkovo.ru/ |
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Sonkovsky District (Russian: Сонко́вский райо́н) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the thirty-six in Tver Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast and borders with Krasnokholmsky District in the north, Nekouzsky District of Yaroslavl Oblast in the east, Kesovogorsky District in the south, and with Bezhetsky District in the west. The area of the district is 970 square kilometers (370 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (an urban-type settlement) of Sonkovo. Population: 8,553 (2010 Census); 10,523 (2002 Census); 13,570 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Sonkovo accounts for 48.7% of the district's total population.