Sokal
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West of Bug was Polish, East Ukrainian
[[Image:Sokal.png|right|thumb|Coat of Arms]]
:''This is an article about the city in Ukraine. For other uses, see [[Sokal (disambiguation)]].''
'''Sokal''' ({{lang-uk|Сокаль}}, [[Romanization of Ukrainian|translit.]] ''Sokal’'') is a [[city]] located on the banks of the [[Western Bug|Buh River]] in the [[Lviv Oblast]] of western [[Ukraine]]. Serving as the [[Capital city|administrative center]] of the [[Sokalsky Raion]] (district), the city itself is also designated as a separate [[raion]] within the [[oblast]]. It is located at around {{coor dms|50|28|60|N|24|16|60|E}}.
Sokal was in Poland 1918-1944 and its Western part was in Poland 1944-1951.
The current estimated population is around 21,700 (as of [[2001]]).
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