Nevelsk

Nevelsk
Невельск
Location of Nevelsk
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 (30 ft)
Population
  Total
11,682
  Capital ofNevelsky District
  Urban okrugNevelsky Urban Okrug
  Capital ofNevelsky Urban Okrug
Time zoneUTC+11 (MSK+8 )
Postal code(s)
694740–694742, 694745
Dialing code(s)+7 42436
OKTMO ID64728000001
Town DayThird Sunday of September
Websiteadm-nevelsk.ru

Nevelsk (Russian: Не́вельск; Japanese: 本斗, Honto) 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).