What is Sokołów Podlaski?
'''Sokołów Podlaski''' is a town in [[Masovian Voivodeship]], [[Poland]]. It is about {{convert|80|km|abbr=on}} east of [[Warsaw]]. The town is on the [[Cetynia river]]. It is in the [[History|historical]] area of [[Podlachia]]. Sokołów Podlaski is the [[Capital city|capital]] of [[Sokołów County]]. The town was first [[Settler|settled]] in the 6th century. The town received its [[charter]] in 1424. In 2004, 18,434 people lived in Sokołów Podlaski. 18,481 people live there in 2010 and 18,720 in 2013.<ref>Ludność. Stan i struktura w przekroju terytorialnym (Stan w dniu 31 XII 2010 r.). Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny, 2011-06-10. ISSN 1734-6118.</ref> {{Infobox settlement | name = Sokołów Podlaski | image_skyline = Sokołów-Podlaski-fragment-miasta-01.jpg | imagesize = 250px | image_caption = City center | image_flag = POL Sokołów Podlaski flag.svg | image_shield = POL Sokołów Podlaski COA.svg | pushpin_map = Poland | pushpin_label_position = bottom | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{POL}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Masovian Voivodeship|Masovian]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Sokołów County|Sokołów]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]] | subdivision_name3 = Sokołów Podlaski <small>(urban gmina)</small> | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Bogusław Jan Karakula | established_title3 = Town rights | established_date3 = 1424 | area_total_km2 = 17.5 | population_as_of = 2013<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/statistical-yearbooks/statistical-yearbooks/demographic-yearbook-of-poland-2014,3,8.html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220101002/http://stat.gov.pl/en/topics/statistical-yearbooks/statistical-yearbooks/demographic-yearbook-of-poland-2014,3,8.html/|url-status=dead|tit