  Two-dimensional solid state gaseous detector for thermal and cold neutrons is
created. The detector has active area of 128 x 128 $mm^2$, $^{10}B$ neutron
converter, and gas chamber with thin windows. The resistive charge-division
readout is applied to determine the neutron position. The detector was tested
using $W-Be$ photoneutron source at the Institute for Nuclear Research, Moscow.
The detector efficiency is estimated as ~4% at neutron wavelength $\lambda =
1.82 \AA$ and 8% at $\lambda = 8 \AA$. The efficiency of the background
detection was less than $10^{-5}$ of that for thermal neutrons. The resulting
pulse height resolution and the spatial resolution are estimated as $\approx
15\%$ and $\approx 2.5 mm$, respectively.
