Sorokinsky District () is an administrative district (
raion
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), one of the
twenty-two in
Tyumen Oblast
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,
Russia
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.
[Law #53] As a
municipal division, it is incorporated as Sorokinsky Municipal District.
[Law #263] It is located in the east of the
oblast
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. The area of the district is .
Its
administrative center
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In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
is the
rural locality (a ''
selo'') of
Bolshoye Sorokino.
Population: 10,254 (
2010 Census);
The population of Bolshoye Sorokino accounts for 51.9% of the district's total population.
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Districts of Tyumen Oblast