Sokółka
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Sokółka is a small town in northeastern Poland known for its location in the Podlasie region near the border with Belarus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sokółka canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
municipality
ⓘ
town ⓘ |
| administrativeStatus | urban gmina seat ⓘ |
| carPlatesCode | BSK ⓘ |
| climate | humid continental climate ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| county | Sokółka County ⓘ |
| distanceToBiałystok | about 40 km ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
agriculture in surrounding areas
ⓘ
services ⓘ small-scale industry ⓘ |
| gmina | Gmina Sokółka ⓘ |
| hasCulturalInfluence |
Belarusian culture
ⓘ
Jewish culture (historically) ⓘ Lithuanian culture (historically) ⓘ Polish culture ⓘ |
| hasLandmark |
Church of Saint Anthony of Padua in Sokółka
ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky in Sokółka ⓘ Sokółka synagogue building (historic) ⓘ |
| hasRailwayConnectionTo |
Białystok
ⓘ
Kuźnica Białostocka ⓘ |
| hasReligiousCommunity |
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodoxy
Judaism ⓘ
surface form:
Judaism (historically)
|
| historicalEvent |
had a significant Jewish community before World War II
ⓘ
was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II ⓘ was part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ was under Russian Empire rule in the 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Podlasie
ⓘ
surface form:
Podlachia
|
| isSeatOf |
Gmina Sokółka
ⓘ
Sokółka County ⓘ |
| knownFor |
multicultural borderland character
ⓘ
proximity to Belarusian border ⓘ |
| languageOfficial | Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Podlaskie Voivodeship
ⓘ
northeastern Poland ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Podlasie ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Belarus ⓘ |
| nearbyBorderCrossing | Kuźnica-Bruzgi ⓘ |
| nearbyProtectedArea |
Knyszyń Forest Landscape Park
ⓘ
surface form:
Knyszyńska Forest (Puszcza Knyszyńska)
|
| population | approximately 18000 ⓘ |
| postalCodePrefix | 16-100 ⓘ |
| primaryReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| regionType | borderland ⓘ |
| roadConnection |
national road DK19
ⓘ
voivodeship roads of Podlaskie Voivodeship ⓘ |
| timeZone | CET ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | CEST ⓘ |
| voivodeship | Podlaskie Voivodeship ⓘ |
| voivodeshipCapital | Białystok ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.