Nevelsk

Nevelsk
Невельск
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Nevelsk
Location of Nevelsk
Nevelsk
Nevelsk (Sakhalin Oblast)
Coordinates: 46°41′N 141°52′E / 46.683°N 141.867°E / 46.683; 141.867
CountryRussia
Federal subjectSakhalin Oblast
Administrative districtNevelsky District
Founded1789
Town status since1947
Government
 • MayorVladimir Pak
Elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Population
 • Total
11,682
 • Estimate 
(1 January 2024)
10,568 (−9.5%)
 • Capital ofNevelsky District
 • Urban okrugNevelsky Urban Okrug
 • Capital ofNevelsky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
Postal codes
694740–694742, 694745
Dialing code+7 42436
OKTMO ID64728000001
Town DayThird Sunday of September
Websiteadm-nevelsk.ru

Nevelsk (Russian: Не́вельск; Japanese: 本斗町, Honto-chō) is a port town and the administrative center of Nevelsky District of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, located on the southwest coast of the Sakhalin Island, 123 kilometers (76 mi) from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,682 (2010 census); 18,639 (2002 census); 24,236 (1989 Soviet census).