Sokółka originated as a royal village on the route connecting Knyszyn and Grodno and was granted city rights in 1609. Sokółka’s history may be relevant to visitors interested in the historical development of towns.
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Sokółka County is located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland, on the border with Belarus.
Sokółka is located approximately 16 kilometres from the Polish-Belarusian border crossing at Kuźnica Białostocka. The town is the administrative seat of Sokółka County in the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is also served by an international road route and the Warsaw–Grodno railway line, with onward connections towards Vilnius, Riga, Saint Petersburg, Minsk and Moscow.
The town layout of Sokółka, which also includes the central square, is associated with Starost Antoni Tyzenhauz.
Karpackie Góry is a named, mapped geographical feature approximately 19.1 kilometres northwest of Sokółka. For travellers interested in landscapes, it is therefore a specific reference point in the area surrounding the town. Góra Świętego Jana is another named, mapped geographical feature approximately 26.8 kilometres south of Sokółka.
The wooden mosque in Bohoniki is described as one of the oldest mosques in Poland and as a tourist attraction in the Sokółka region.
More local pages: Kruszyniany, Krynki, Krynki, Kuźnica, Małowista, Nowinka, Sokółka, Suchowola.
