Kholmsk

Kholmsk
Холмск
Kholmsk Commercial Port
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Kholmsk
Location of Kholmsk
Kholmsk
Kholmsk (Sakhalin Oblast)
Coordinates: 47°03′N 142°03′E / 47.050°N 142.050°E / 47.050; 142.050
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakhalin Oblast
Administrative districtKholmsky District
Founded1870
Elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Population
 • Total
30,937
 • Estimate 
(1 January 2024)
24,884 (−19.6%)
 • Capital ofKholmsky District
 • Urban okrugKholmsky Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofKholmsky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
Postal code
694620
Dialing code+7 42433
OKTMO ID64754000001
Town Daythe third Saturday of August
Websiteadmkholmsk.ru

Kholmsk (Russian: Холмск), known until 1946 as Maoka (Japanese: 真岡), is a port town and the administrative center of Kholmsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It is located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, on coast of the gulf of Nevelsky in the Strait of Tartary of the Sea of Japan, 83 kilometers (52 mi) west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Population: 30,937 (2010 census); 35,141 (2002 census); 51,381 (1989 Soviet census).