Sorokinsky District

For the district of Altai Krai known until 1979 as Sorokinsky, see Zarinsky District. For the district of Ukraine, see Sorokyne Raion.

Sorokinsky District (Russian: Соро́кинский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the twenty-two in Tyumen Oblast, Russia.^[1] As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Sorokinsky Municipal District.^[5] It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,700 square kilometers (1,000 sq mi).^[3] Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Bolshoye Sorokino.^[2] Population: 10,254 (2010 Census);^[4] 11,801 (2002 Census);^[7] 13,590 (1989 Soviet census).^[8] The population of Bolshoye Sorokino accounts for 51.9% of the district's total population.^[4]

Sorokinsky District Сорокинский район
District
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Location of Sorokinsky District in Tyumen Oblast
Coordinates: 56°37′53″N 69°48′43″E
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Tyumen Oblast[1]
Established	1923
Administrative center	Bolshoye Sorokino[2]
Area [3]
• Total	2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi)
Population  (2010 Census)[4]
• Total	10,254
• Density	3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
• Urban	0%
• Rural	100%
Administrative structure
• Administrative divisions	7 Rural okrugs
• Inhabited localities[1]	31 rural localities
Municipal structure
• Municipally incorporated as	Sorokinsky Municipal District[5]
• Municipal divisions[5]	0 urban settlements, 7 rural settlements
Time zone	UTC+5 (MSK+2 [6])
OKTMO ID	71638000
Website	http://sorokino.admtyumen.ru/