Sorochinsky Urban Okrug (Russian: Сорочинский городско́й о́круг) is a municipal formation (an urban okrug) in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, one of the thirteen urban okrugs in the oblast.[1] Its territory comprises the territories of two administrative divisions of Orenburg Oblast—Sorochinsky District and the Town of Sorochinsk.[2] [3]
It was established on June 1, 2015 by the Law #2824/781-V-OZ of Orenburg Oblast by merging the municipal formations of former Sorochinsky Municipal District and granting the resulting entity urban okrug status.