Nevelsky_District,_Sakhalin_Oblast
Nevelsky District, Sakhalin Oblast
District in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Nevelsky District (Russian: Не́вельский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion) of Sakhalin Oblast, Russia; one of the seventeen in the oblast.[1] Municipally, it is incorporated as Nevelsky Urban Okrug.[5] It is located in the southwest of the oblast and includes Moneron Island to the west, located in the south of the Tartary Strait. The area of the district is 1,445.4 square kilometers (558.1 sq mi).[2] Its administrative center is the town of Nevelsk.[1] Population (excluding the administrative center): 5,876 (2010 Russian census);[3] 8,225 (2002 Census);[7] 13,972 (1989 Soviet census).[8]